#  Vik-Bailey Lecture: Preserving Liberalism in the Intelligence Age with Dean W. Ball 

 



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 **October 22, 2026** 

 04:30PM - 06:30PM EDT 

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 **S020 Belfer Case Study Room**  

 [1730 Cambridge St  
Cambridge, MA 02138  
United States



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Dean W. Ball is the Head of Strategic Futures at OpenAI, a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation, a Visiting Fellow at Heritage Foundation, and author of the AI-focused newsletter *Hyperdimensional*. His work focuses on technological change, institutional evolution, AI safety, and the future of governance.



 

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