Todi
Cortona Week 2019
Being Human in a Technological World
Being Human in a Technological World
After ETH Zurich ended its support, alumni and organisers continued Cortona Week independently under Pier Luigi Luisi’s leadership. Editions took place in Todi in 2018 and 2019. The residential week paused in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, and in 2021 the community created Cortona Pearls online to keep the Cortona Week flame alive. Residential editions resumed at the Certosa di Pontignano near Siena in 2022 and 2023, and at the Fraternità San Leonardo al Palco near Prato in 2024. Across these years, the organisers held six editions in four settings without the support of a university or other host institution.
People recorded for this edition
Michel Bitbol, 2019
philosopher of science, specialising in quantum physics
Renuka Singh, 2019
sociologist and scholar of Buddhism and gender studies
Federico Faggin, 2019
physicist and engineer, co-inventor of the first commercial microprocessor
Marko Pogačnik, 2019
artist, author and geomancy practitioner
Cliff Saron, 2019
neuroscientist and contemplative science researcher
Ernesto Burgio, 2019
paediatrician and researcher in environmental epigenetics
Ben Hurlbut, 2019
historian of science and bioethics scholar
Tania Singer, 2019
neuroscientist and social neuroscience researcher