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Episode 2198: Megan Hellerer exposes the "achievement lie" of how we think about our careers and lives
Working on Sheryl Sandberg’s team at Google, Megan Hellerer - who had just graduated top of her Stanford class - was on the fast track to become a yo…
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Episode 2197: Keith and Andrew on why, in our AI Age, Specialists will be the New Proletariat
Earlier this week, I interviewed the Australian AI expert Toby Walsh about Google’s new NotebookLM, a seemingly magical AI product that creates belie…
2 years ago
Episode 2196: Michael Scott-Baumann on the unfolding catastrophe in Israel and Palestine
Last year, Michael Scott-Baumann, author of The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine and a peace activist at the Balfour Project, came on the sho…
2 years ago
Episode 2195: Toby Walsh on why AI is finally ready to change everything
The AI revolution, long in hype but short in practice, is finally beginning to happen. In today’s WSJ, the tech writer Joanna Stern introduces her ow…
2 years ago
Episode 2194: Marietje Schaake explains how to save democracy from Silicon Valley
This is the final episode of a trilogy of critical conversations about the digital revolution. Earlier this week, Gary Marcus explained how to tame S…
2 years ago
Episode 2193: Arthur Magida on what Americans can learn from a young forger who outfoxed the Nazis
And still they come. Every week, it seems, there’s a new book celebrating resistance to Nazism. The latest is Two Wheels to Freedom, Arthur J. Magida…
2 years ago
Episode 2192: Mark Weinstein on how to restore our sanity online
Early social media pioneer Mark Weinstein is deeply disturbed by the current state of social media. He’s not alone of course, but in his new book, Re…
2 years ago
Episode 2191: Why the future has to be built by innovators, rather than just hoped for by optimists
Yesterday, KEEN ON featured a conversation with the technologist Gary Marcus about how we can ensure that AI works for us. Today, on our regular That…
2 years ago
Episode 2190: Gary Marcus on How to Tame Silicon Valley's AI Barons
Few artificial intelligence experts have been as outspoken or prescient as the author and entrepreneur Gary Marcus. In his new book, Taming Silicon V…
2 years ago
Episode 2189: Wilbur Ross on his mom, Donald Trump, King Charles, and Biden's "Lollipop Economy"
As Donald Trump’s 79 year-old Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross was the oldest first-time Cabinet appointee in American history. Ross’ mom, however…
2 years ago