{"product_id":"author-event-with-tim-disney-the-a-r-c","title":"Author Event with Tim Disney: The A.R.C.","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eA lethal new virus is wreaking havoc across the globe, but this time hand sanitizer isn't going to fix it.\u003cbr\u003eA deadly virus, The A.R.C. (or \u003cspan\u003eAmazonian Recombinant Cytoneuropathy)\u003c\/span\u003e has peculiar and unfortunate characteristics: it is wildly contagious but undetectable in its dormant phase; it is 100% lethal; and the kicker is ... it's activated by lying. The virus spreads globally after taking root at a climate conference attended by global elites, GRFT. Aboard the cruise ship, The Veritas, a scrappy band of shipmates must reckon with the disease, and work together to survive it.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis proves deeply problematic for a world drowning in an ocean of lies and misinformation. The GRFTers board their private jets and spread the virus worldwide. Chaos ensues.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eOur plucky survivors make landfall on terra incognita just as The Veritas sinks beneath them. Ashore, they encounter a band of fellow travelers. We get a glimpse of the post-lie world they build together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe A.R.C.'s diagnosis is discomfiting for its accuracy. A pandemic of lying really is killing us, all of us, accelerated by the force multipliers of ubiquitous social media and AI. The A.R.C. offers no safe spaces for left, right, or center, gleefully wielding satirical humor like a scalpel and a chainsaw to demolish artful pretensions and blatant lies with equal savagery.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTim Disney is an artist and entrepreneur from Los Angeles. He has produced, written, or directed multiple award-winning feature films and documentaries, which have appeared at Sundance, Telluride, SXSW, and other festivals. He served as Chairman and CEO of Virtual World Entertainment, an early pioneer of VR-based entertainment systems, which was sold to Microsoft. Tim is an active investor in media and technology, and serves on multiple corporate boards, including Marginal Mediaworks and Dragonfly Therapeutics. In the not-for-profit sector he is the founder of The Adamma Foundation, co-founder of World Connect, which makes micro grants to business start-ups and public health projects in thirty countries in the developing world. He served for 12 years as a Trustee of Southern California Institute of Architecture, and 29 years as a Trustee of CalArts, eight of them as Chairman of the Board. From 2021-2025, he served as Trustee and Board President of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), and currently serves as a member of the Global Leadership Council of The World Resources Institute, and Director and Curator of the community art space @2413hyperion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pandemonium Books and Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45152516341936,"sku":"AE:arc","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pandemoniumbooks.com\/products\/author-event-with-tim-disney-the-a-r-c","provider":"Pandemonium Books and Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}