Waterloo <> Toronto Portal | ​Defining the World: Progress’s Procrustean Bed

​​The portal between Waterloo and Toronto will be reopening this week! Our second event will be streaming ​Defining the World: Progress’s Procrustean Bed, presented by the Toronto Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

​​For more info, check out the luma page for the main event or Benjamin Parry's post.

​​Three Ideas About Progress is a lecture mini-series from the Toronto Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge presented by Daybreak Studio.

​​Defining the World: Progress’s Procrustean Bed

​​In this second lecture we will look at the unintended but necessary consequences of progress. In what ways does progress ignore the edges of our world and harm us in the process?

​​Much of the discussion will be pulled from the works of James C. Scott in "Seeing Like a State", Ivan Illich, and C. Thi Nguyen's work on Value Capture.

​​After the lecture we will be hosting a social hour with drinks, and vinyl spinning. There will be music, good vibes, deep conversation and maybe even dancing? No matter what it's going to be groovy.

​​We hope you will be able to join us.

​​Event Timing

• ​​​6:00 PM: Doors Open

• ​​​6:45 PM: Lecture Begins

• ​​​7:30 PM: Q&A Session

• ​​​8:00 PM: Social Hour

• ​​​9:30 PM: Event Concludes

​​About Daybreak
Daybreak Studio is a team of craftspeople and optimists creating brand, web, and software experiences by combining design with technology.

​​About the Toronto Society
The Toronto Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge is building intellectual infrastructure that will promote education, community, and cultural creativity for the next 100 years and beyond.