This episode is audio from Nancy Mahon's keynote address to the Engelberg Center's Conspicuous Consumers Symposium. It was recorded on October 16 , 2025.

Conspicuous Consumers: Keynote of Nancy Mahon

This season of Engelberg Center Live! contains audio from Engelberg Center events.

Previous seasons of Engelberg Center Live! included a history of ebooks from Library Futures, a deep dive into the datasets used to train AI with Knowing Machines, an oral history of the unionization effort at Kickstarter, and (of course) audio from a range of Engelberg Center events. 


To learn more about the Engelberg Center, please visit https://www.nyuengelberg.org/

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This season of Engelberg Center Live! contains audio from Engelberg Center events. Previous seasons of Engelberg Center Live! included a history of ebooks from Library Futures, a deep dive into the datasets used to train AI with Knowing Machines, an oral history of the unionization effort at Kickstarter, and (of course) audio from a range of Engelberg Center events. To learn more about the Engelberg Center, please visit https://www.nyuengelberg.org/

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