Join the Brown Institute in welcoming Cory Doctorow to Columbia University for a conversation and Q&A about his works and how they fit into the current political and technological climate. Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger — the co-editor of Boing Boing (boingboing.net) and the author of an array of novels and graphic novels. Doctorow is also an active member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate, a Visiting Professor of Computer…