From Media Theory to Space Odyssey: the Curious Dance of Human Progress Between Science and Science Fiction

Abstract

Paul Levinson is a media theorist, science fiction writer, musician, and a prominent public speaker. He taught at The New School, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hofstra University, St. John’s University, Polytechnic University of New York, Audrey Cohen College, and the Western Behavioral Sciences Institute (WBSI). In the late 1960s to early 1970s he wrote and produced songs for major record labels including Columbia, Decca, Philips, Atlantic, Buddah, and London Records.