TOPIC
The divide between digital lives and analog lives continues to blur and become indistinct. People spend more and more time curating a better ‘digital’ life and focus on finding affinity in like-minded groups across the digital landscape. This talk will focus on the concept of the rise of a purely digital nation-state, one that is made up of a shared ethos, land, currency and religion. Could this digital nation take the place of our affinity and allegiance to our ‘analog’ country? When working on international treaties and diplomacy, are we accounting for the electronic lives of people and how that may affect policy? This presentation will delve into these questions and explore how our life is a continuum that bridges many worlds.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Roger Hockenberry is CEO and co-founder of Cognitio Corp. He is a proven technologist and business executive with over twenty-five years of experience working with all aspects of information technology. He is the former CTO for the Directorate of Operations of the Central Intelligence Agency, where he helped shape mission capabilities across a broad spectrum of activities.
EVENT DETAILS
Off Duty is an outdoor speaker series hosted by the George C. Marshall International Center. Each event features a speaker discussing a topic that touches on history adjacent to George C. Marshall and the times in which he lived. The events run around 90 minutes long, with light refreshments and opportunities for networking before and after the discussion.