Podcast #26: Adam Gazzaley on Our Distracted Minds
Neurologist Adam Gazzaley discusses how the brain’s attentional system functions–or doesn’t–when buffeted by digital distraction.
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Podcast #25: Marcy Darnovsky Talks Genetic Engineering
Marcy Darnovsky, Executive Director of the Center for Genetics and Society, chats with us about the moral minefield of genetic engineering.
Podcast #24: Michael Zimmerman Gets Philosophical on Tech
In a wide-ranging conversation, philosopher Michael Zimmerman contextualizes our technological journey within the history of Western thought.
Podcast #23: David Bosworth on Conscientious Thinking
Author and cultural critic David Bosworth discusses America’s myth of individualism and how it feeds a digital culture that ironically infantilizes its users and demands constant approval from strangers.
Podcast #22: Ryan Calo on Technology and the Law
Legal theorist Ryan Calo explores how the law is (or isn’t) evolving in response to technological quandaries like robotics and digital surveillance.
Podcast #21: Betsy Brunner on Circumventing Censorship
Betsy Brunner of Idaho State examines social media and social movements, particularly in China, where she’s looked at the creative ways people get around the limits of surveillance and censorship.
Podcast #20: Huei Peng and Driverless Cars
A tour of autonomous vehicle testing track Mcity with director Huei Peng answers many questions, and raises others.
Podcast #19: Tim Kasser Talks Materialism
Tim Kasser has spent over two decades studying the relationship between materialism and well-being. As it turns out, they don’t always go together.
Podcast #18: Catherine Steiner-Adair on Tech and Child Development
Catherine Steiner-Adair is a clinical psychologist whose empathic 2013 book The Big Disconnect warned us about the impacts of digital tech on child development and family relationships. She’s been on a non-stop speaking tour ever since.
Podcast #17: Cal Newport on Deep Work
For a computer scientist, Georgetown professor and author Cal Newport is hard to reach via email. But it’s part of his philosophy that focused concentration–so elusive in our overstimulated world–is the key to a better and more rewarding work and personal life.