There are plenty of podcasts that will tell you how the latest tech gadget or “innovation” will affect the tech landscape tomorrow, but there aren’t that many concerned with the potential impact of that tech in a decade—much less a century. In a culture obsessed with now, how can we make choices with a view for tomorrow, next year, and beyond? 25–35-minute episodes released the first and third Wednesdays of the month.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 3 days 11 hours 34 minutes
episode 14: 8.14: The Real World of Technology—Explained
Discussing Ursula Franklin’s arguments regarding practical matters of technology and governance
episode 13: 8.13: Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness—Examined
Discussing Simone Browne’s epistemology, ideas, and arguments: what persuaded us, and what didn’t?
episode 12: 8.12: Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness—Explained
Digging into Simone Browne’s application of critical race theory to surveillance studies.
episode 11: 8.11: The Printing Press as an Agent of Change—Analogs to the Internet
The printing press and the internet are often compared. How similar in impact are they really?
episode 10: 8.10: The Printing Press as an Agent of Change—Explained
The Printing Press as an Agent of Change—Explained
episode 9: 8.09: Jurassic Park—Examined
Don’t go into science for the money: you will get killed by dinosaurs.
episode 8: 8.08: Jurassic Park—Explained
What the well-known novel and movie have to say about science, ethics, epistemology, and hubris.
episode 6: 8.06: The Age of Spiritual Machines—Explained
Reading Ray Kurzweil’s prognostications about the future—and coming to terms with his ruthless optimism.
episode 5: 8.05: The Postmodern Condition—Examined
Lyotard’s postmodernism, the politics of power, and aesthetics: what do we keep and what do we reject?