BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cb6f9a0c-0821-4b85-a5ad-0511d3921654.175921@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20170125T225623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170125T225623Z LOCATION:Plaster Student Union\, Robert W. 313 SUMMARY:Public Affairs Conference - Life\, liberty and the pursuit of simp ler times DESCRIPTION:Technology is an inescapable reality of our lives. But is the impact of technology always a good thing? It is tempting to think so\, bu t how does technology change us\, for better and for worse?  Social media makes instant communication possible\, but how are we equipped to face t he negative quality of social media’s immediacy that speeds up our lives and makes us impatient at the same time. How can we respond when being el ectronically connected to others is hurtful\, as when hatred and bigotry occur in social media. How do we live so that we are managing technology\ , rather than it managing us? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p><s pan>Technology is an inescapable reality of our lives. But is the impact of technology always a good thing? It is tempting to think so\, but how d oes technology change us\, for better and for worse? &nbsp\;Social media makes instant communication possible\, but how are we equipped to face th e negative quality of social media&rsquo\;s immediacy that speeds up our lives and makes us impatient at the same time. How can we respond when be ing electronically connected to others is hurtful\, as when hatred and bi gotry occur in social media. How do we live so that we are managing techn ology\, rather than it managing us?</span></p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170406T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170406T141500 SEQUENCE:0 URL:http://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference/schedule/503/life-li berty-and-the-pursuit-of-simpler-times CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR