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- Martin Jan Str\u00e1nsk\u00fd, Keith Hayward, and Sheehan Quirke will meet with the Hungarian audience on the Brain Bar main stage starting at 3:20 p.m. The discussion will also be available to watch via livestream.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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- Following the stage performance, starting at 4:15 p.m., the authors will be signing copies at the Libri Pop-Up bookstore set up in V\u00e1rosliget. The bookstore is open to the public without an admission ticket throughout the festival.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
We rarely have to think things through at length or gather information from multiple sources on a topic anymore: we can just ask the algorithm, and the answer arrives in seconds. But what happens to our attention, our independence, our knowledge, and ultimately our adulthood in a world that is becoming faster, more convenient, and algorithm-driven with each passing day?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\nThree Thinkers in a Changing World<\/p>\n\n
In his book *The Rise and Fall of the Human Mind*, neuroscientist Martin Jan Str\u00e1nsk\u00fd examines the interactions between technology and the human mind through the lens of neuroscience. The Yale University professor explores how the use of the internet, smartphones, and, above all, social media is changing our concentration, our learning processes, and our thinking\u2014and what consequences this may have on both an individual and societal level.<\/p>\n\n
Keith Hayward, a professor of criminology at the University of Copenhagen, examines contemporary culture in his book *Our Infantilized World*. Through the transformation of the media, the history of advertising, and the rise of major brands, he shows how and why it has become increasingly difficult to leave childhood behind, and what happens to a society when the independence and responsibility that come with adulthood become less and less appealing.<\/p>\n\n
Sheehan Quirke\u2019s book *The Cultural Mentor* is a culture shock\u2014in the best sense of the word. Under the pseudonym The Cultural Tutor, Quirke has built an international following of millions through his writings on ancient Greek architecture, Renaissance painting, history, and the connections underlying humanity\u2019s greatest milestones. The author first revealed his identity publicly on the Brain Bar stage. Now, through 49 short lessons, he argues that erudition never goes out of style.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cLife sciences, social sciences, the arts\u2014Brain Bar Books promises only one thing, but it does so with confidence: with these three books, anyone can become an even better, more engaging conversationalist\u2014someone from whom both people and machines can learn,\u201d said Gergely B\u00f6sz\u00f6rm\u00e9nyi-Nagy, founder of Brain Bar.<\/p>\n\n
The book doesn’t do the thinking for us<\/p>\n\n
The first three volumes of Brain Bar Books remind us that, even as technology sets an ever-faster pace, reading continues to provide space for deep reflection and independent interpretation. Perhaps this is one of its greatest values: it does not relieve us of the task of thinking for ourselves.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n
\u201cAnything that provides answers too readily and undermines the importance of individual decision-making is suspect. This book is not like that: instead of offering ready-made answers, it encourages reflection, and, given the reader\u2019s lack of knowledge, it cannot flatter them either. When certainty is just a click away, reading still allows us the freedom not to know, yet the responsibility for judgment remains ours. This is uncomfortable, but a well-considered position cannot be formed any other way.That is why Libri, in collaboration with Brain Bar, is making the ideas of international authors available in Hungarian\u2014authors who do not hide the world\u2019s contradictions but rather bring them into focus,\u201d said \u00c1kos Zulik, Deputy CEO for Strategy and Operations at Libri-Bookline.<\/p>\n\n
The three authors will kick off the series at this year’s Brain Baron<\/p>\n\n
The launch of Brain Bar Books is made even more special by the fact that the authors of the first three volumes will take the stage together at Brain Bar on September 17.<\/p>\n\n
Martin Jan Str\u00e1nsk\u00fd, Keith Hayward, and Sheehan Quirke will meet with the Hungarian audience at 3:20 p.m. at the Hungarian House of Music, on the Brain Bar main stage, for a discussion titled \u201cIndul a Brain Bar Books.\u201d The discussion will be moderated by Blanka Nov\u00e1k and will also be available via livestream.<\/p>\n\n
Following the stage performance, all three authors will be signing books at the Libri Pop-Up bookstore starting at 4:15 p.m. The Libri Pop-Up, set up in V\u00e1rosliget, is open to the public on both days of Brain Bar even without a festival pass, and in addition to Brain Bar Books authors, it will also host book signings by other Hungarian and international authors.<\/p>\n\n
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- Following the stage performance, starting at 4:15 p.m., the authors will be signing copies at the Libri Pop-Up bookstore set up in V\u00e1rosliget. The bookstore is open to the public without an admission ticket throughout the festival.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n