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The Remembered Past vs. The Real Past
Episode 320
Old songs, like old memories, are the purveyors of a kind of double imagery. Triggers of thought that somehow short circuit time and make yesterday's…
7 years ago
Why Coders Matter and Why They Control Our Future
Episode 319
Think of the millions of hours we spend thinking and talking about technology. About the future, what it all means, and how it impacts us. But before…
7 years ago
Who We Connect With Impacts Who We Become, and Who We Become Impacts Who We Connect With
Episode 318
Several years ago, the tech company Cisco ran an ad campaign talking about the “human network.” It tried to humanize their networking products as mor…
7 years, 1 month ago
The Brave New World of Immunotherapy
Episode 317
It’s hard to believe today, but leaching was once considered a legitimate and effective medical practice. Years from now, we may look back upon chemo…
7 years, 1 month ago
Should We Negotiate With Hostage Takers?
Episode 316
In a world that is increasingly more authoritarian, in a political atmosphere that is more and more polarized and tribal everywhere, the threat of gl…
7 years, 1 month ago
Brave, Not Perfect
Episode 315
A couple of years ago, Senator Elizabeth Warren made headlines with the phrase “nevertheless she persisted.” Sheryl Sandberg told women they had to “…
7 years, 1 month ago
How Our Lives Are Being Run By Algorithms: From the 737 to Our Daily Commute
Episode 314
When Hal asked Astronaut David Bowman to “open the pod bay doors,” it was as if our most primal fear of machines came rushing headlong into the 20th …
7 years, 1 month ago
Facebook and Zuckerberg Not Only Screwed Up Reality..They Even Screwed Up Virtual Reality: The Story of Palmer Luckey and Oculus
Episode 313
When we talk about the broad swath of technology and its progenitors in Silicon Valley rarely are we talking about great breakthroughs. A new app for…
7 years, 1 month ago
How Our Republic Collapsed and How it Might Be Saved
Episode 312
How many times a day do you hear or read someone opining on what’s wrong with America and American politics? As is too often the case we love to look…
7 years, 2 months ago
A Look at Everything that Ivanka Trump Will Never Understand About Working People in America
Episode 311
As underemployment grows and many who once seemed solidly middle-class are losing their economic foothold, the working class is getting larger and mo…
7 years, 2 months ago