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Sci-fi master Ted Chiang on AI, time travel and more

Fiction Science

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The Role of Art in Crisis

During the Foundation's ceremony, you will be taking part in a conversation on the themes of crisis and imagination. And I'd love it if you could share a little bit of your perspective about the craziness of the past few months. One question that I've seen come up is, does art have any role to play in times of crisis such as this? You know, is art important? Can art help us? It doesn't offer a cure all because I don't think there is going to be any easy cure all, but I think art will help us. Art helps us get by in these stressful times.

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