Event Sydney

Alain de Botton – The News: A User’s Manual

The world's favourite know-it-all is heading to Sydney to drop some serious knowledge.
James Whitton
January 24, 2014

Overview

Alain de Botton has been changing the literary and modern-day philosophical landscape since he was 23, publishing books on every subject under the sun. He writes about the world, our place within it and how we interact with not only the environment but each other. He has delivered talks all over the world, including at the Opera House in 2012, discussing what and why we are the way we are. And he's coming back.

On March 29, Alain hits the Opera House with his new talk, 'The News: A Users Manual', based on his book of the same name. Among other things, he will discuss our relation to the news, why we find some things interesting, and other things not at all.

The news and the media are such huge parts of our lives and, in The News, Alain aims to demonstrate the how and why of our intense relationship them.

Information

When

Sat, Mar 29, 2014

Saturday, March 29, 2014

2:00pm

Where

Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney

Price

$39-49
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