Silicon Valley Reads 2025—Empowering Humanity: Technology for a Better World
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Join us for a thought-provoking conversation about technology and humanity with Silicon Valley Read’s featured authors Charlee Dyroff (Loneliness & Company), Dr. Fei-Fei Li (The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI), and Ray Nayler (The Mountain in the Sea).
Attendees are invited to come early to see two robot dogs and visit the Euphrat Museum of Art, for their special exhibit where artists will be showcased around the theme "Encoding Empathy".
Parking information: Free parking in Lot A; see campus map (opens PDF in new window).
This program has 2 types of tickets available: In-person and online-only. Please pre-register to receive a link to the live-stream event.
If you have symptoms of illness (coughing, fever, etc.), we ask that you either stay home or wear a mask.
Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California is a nonprofit, nonpartisan civic forum; we welcome donations made during registration to support the production of our online programming.
Hosted by Santa Clara County Library District, Santa Clara County Office of Education, San José Public Library, and DeAnza College.
Photos courtesy the speakers; Pizzaro photo by Lisa Schader.
All ticket sales are final and nonrefundable.
De Anza Visual and Performing Arts Center
21250 Stevens Creek Blvd
Cupertino, CA 95014
United States
Charlee Dyroff
Author, Loneliness & Company
Dr. Fei-Fei Li
Author, The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI
Ray Nayler
Author, Mountain in the Sea
In Conversation with Sal Pizzaro
Columnist, The Mercury News
6 p.m. doors open
7–8:30 p.m. program
8:30 p.m. book signing
(all times Pacific Time)
COST
Free
