BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Democracy and Disagreement: Internet Regulation (The TAKE IT D OWN Act) with Eric Goldman and Jim Steyer X-WR-TIMEZONE:Pacific Time (US & Canada) BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T191113Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_51569265781998 DTSTART:20260210T230000Z DTEND:20260211T005000Z DESCRIPTION:Eric Goldman\, a professor of law at Santa Clara University Sch ool of Law\, and Jim Steyer\, founder and CEO of Common Sense Media\, disc uss the pros and cons of the TAKE IT DOWN Act. \n\nDeep disagreement perva des our democracy\, from arguments over immigration\, gun control\, aborti on\, and the Middle East crisis\, to the function of elite higher educatio n and the value of free speech itself. Loud voices drown out discussion. O pen-mindedness and humility seem in short supply among politicians and cit izens alike. Yet constructive disagreement is an essential feature of a de mocratic society. This class explores and models respectful civic disagree ment. Each week features scholars who disagree — sometimes quite strongl y — about major policy issues. Each class will be focused on a different topic and have guest speakers. Students will have the opportunity to prob e those disagreements\, to understand why they persist even in the light o f shared evidence\, and to improve their own understanding of the facts an d values that underlie them.\n\nThis course is offered in the spirit of th e observation by Hanna Holborn Gray\, former president of the University o f Chicago\, that “education should not be intended to make people comfor table\, it is meant to make them think. Universities should be expected to provide the conditions within which hard thought\, and therefore strong d isagreement\, independent judgment\, and the questioning of stubborn assum ptions\, can flourish in an environment of the greatest freedom.”\n\nThe speakers in this course are the guests of the faculty and students alike and should be treated as such. They are aware that their views will be sub ject to criticism in a manner consistent with our commitment to respectful critical discourse. We will provide as much room for students’ question s and comments as is possible for a class of several hundred. For anyone w ho feels motivated to engage in a protest against particular speakers\, th ere are spaces outside the classroom for doing so.\n\nWhen/Where?: Tuesday s 3:00-4:50PM in Cemex Auditorium\n\nWho?: This class will be open to stud ents\, faculty and staff to attend and will also be recorded.\n\n1/6 Admin istrative State: https://events.stanford.edu/event/the-administrative-stat e-with-brian-fletcher-and-saikrishna-prakash\n\n1/13 Israel-Palestine: htt ps://events.stanford.edu/event/democracy-and-disagreement-israel-palestine -the-future-of-palestine\n\n1/20 COVID Policies in Retrospect: https://eve nts.stanford.edu/event/democracy-and-disagreement-covid-policies-in-retros pect-with-sara-cody-and-stephen-macedo\n\n1/27 Gender-Affirming Care: http s://events.stanford.edu/event/democracy-and-disagreement-gender-affirming- care-with-alex-byrne-and-amy-tishelman\n\n2/3 Fetal Personhood: https://ev ents.stanford.edu/event/democracy-and-disagreement-fetal-personhood-with-r achel-rebouche-and-chris-tollefsen\n\n2/17 Restrictions on College Protest s: https://events.stanford.edu/event/democracy-and-disagreement-restrictio ns-on-college-protests-with-richard-shweder-and-shirin-sinnar\n\n2/24 Prop ortional Representation: https://events.stanford.edu/event/democracy-and-d isagreement-proportional-representation-with-bruce-cain-and-lee-drutman \n \n3/3 AI and Jobs: https://events.stanford.edu/event/democracy-and-disagre ement-ai-and-jobs-with-bharat-chander-and-rob-reich\n\n3/10 Ending the Rus sia-Ukraine War: https://events.stanford.edu/event/democracy-and-disagreem ent-ending-the-russiaukraine-war-with-samuel-charap-and-gabrielius-landsbe rgis GEO:37.428584;-122.162763 LOCATION:GSB Knight - Arbuckle / Cemex SUMMARY:Democracy and Disagreement: Internet Regulation (The TAKE IT DOWN A ct) with Eric Goldman and Jim Steyer URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.stanford.edu/event/democracy-and-disagreement- internet-regulation-the-take-it-down-act-with-eric-goldman-and-jim-steyer CATEGORIES:Class/Seminar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR