Jacy Reese
Panel – How Our Current Diet Jeopardizes Human and Animal Life On Planet Earth Today And In The Future – Tuesday, Apr 12, 2022, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm EST
Individual Lecture (live online presentation) – Jacy Reese – “The Future of Food” Friday, Apr 15, 2022, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Jacy Reese Anthis is a social scientist and co-founder of the Sentience Institute. He researches organizations, technology, and social change. His acclaimed 2018 book, The End of Animal Farming, analyzes the emergence of food technologies such as cell-cultured meat. Psychologist Steven Pinker said the book “places the issue of factory farming in the context of human progress and presents compelling arguments on how we should deal with it today.” Anthis’ current projects focus on the development, adoption, and effects of artificial intelligence.
His research has been featured in The Guardian, Vox, Forbes, and other global media outlets, and he has presented at conferences and seminars in over 20 countries. He is currently a PhD Fellow at The University of Chicago. He is from Huntsville, Texas and lives in Chicago with his wife Kelly Anthis and their rescued dogs Apollo and Dionysus. Please email jacy@sentienceinstitute.org to discuss collaboration, interviews, lectures, or other matters.