Peter B. Kaufman, a writer, producer, and educator, is Senior Program Officer at MIT Open Learning. He is the author of THE NEW ENLIGHTENMENT AND THE FIGHT TO FREE KNOWLEDGE (2021). His new book, THE MOVING IMAGE: A USER'S GUIDE, comes out in February 2025 from the MIT Press.
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