An Evening with Kara Swisher
Wed, Mar 26
|Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
Who better to consult about the confusing entanglements of technology and power today than “bad-ass journalist" Kara Swisher?
Time & Location
Mar 26, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 3200 California St, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
About The Event
Just when we thought the era of “move fast and break things” might be over, the biggest tech billionaire of them all has moved lightning-quick to “fix” the federal government. Who better to consult about the confusing entanglements of technology and power today than “bad-ass journalist and OG chronicler of Silicon Valley” (Booklist) Kara Swisher? In her memoir Burn Book: A Tech Love Story (an instant NYT bestseller called “incendiary” by the Associated Press), Swisher reflects on her own history of speaking truth to technocrats, and she sounds a dire warning about the intersecting threats of unchecked power and artificial intelligence. The newly released paperback edition of Burn Book also includes a brand-new chapter, with fresh insights gleaned after the 2024 presidential election. In conversation with her friend and fellow award-winning journalist Laura M. Holson, founder of The Box Sessions, a series of gatherings that celebrate community and cultivate creativity in a variety of…