Each week, host @Caterina Fake takes a single technology & asks: What is its greatest potential? And what could possibly go wrong?
A @WaitWhat original podcast.
Interviewed for Catarina Fake's podcast @ShouldThisExist "Grandma, here's your robot" ep. In great company here w/ @Thomas__Arnold & @thebotmechanic. About older people & the ethical concerns & challenges around designing robots that are social actors. https://t.co/OEnl2E4yu5
Among the many trends we're tracking, Work 2.0 is high on the list. Interesting articles on the topic in @TIME this week, including one by Kevin @Delaney, who was a regular guest on @shouldthisexist with @caterina:
https://t.co/gflKCrHrRa
PLUS! The Best Episode / Science & Education award is on the line, for "The Deepfake Detective" ft. @cagoldberglaw@RepYvetteClarke@profgeraintrees & Hany Farid. Last day to vote:👉 https://t.co/zMxJR3edwX #Webbys
Best Technology Podcast? It should be @shouldthisexist – the podcast that brilliantly interrogates technology. Today's the last day to vote for us in @TheWebbyAwards 👉 https://t.co/gF2k1qMaYY
News: We're up for Best Technology Podcast from @theWebbyAwards 🔥
Plus! our episode "The Deepfake Detective" is up for Best Podcast: Science & Education !
Register and vote:
The Deepfake Detective: https://t.co/j7dmH0nWGC
The whole series: https://t.co/02rZWKTVTb
Check out this podcast featuring our ED @kellywanser, hosted by @Caterina on @ShouldThisExist, on the need for research on climate intervention and the amazing work being done at the @UW Marine Cloud Brightening Project, supported by @PARCinc. https://t.co/PFfiz0wVpe
@GolbeyLaw@reidhoffman cc: @Caterina Fake: "If you tolerate white supremacists on your platform, you’re a platform for white supremacists. And you just have to accept that. Unless you draw the lines, unless you say what is and is not acceptable, it just becomes a disaster." https://t.co/8dP9wGpQfn
Looking for deep background on the Section 230 conversation? This discussion on the original intent of the web adds color (and hope): https://t.co/8k0DjSuoab
The early web was built on the assumption that people would (more or less) behave themselves. "We had a vision of utopia," says @Caterina. Can we get ourselves back to the garden? We talk with @anildash@stevenbjohnson & @delaney https://t.co/w6WggQUSrj
Here's a question: Should drugs for “positive” purposes (such as expanding consciousness and feeling more connected) be covered by standard health insurance, the same way as a drug for preventing pain or treating an illness should be?
Used wisely, psychedelics could treat a wide array of mental health conditions — and maybe even make us feel more connected. But @Caterina asks: can science, politics and culture align to make it possible? New episode: https://t.co/RZxdW0hgH1
Used wisely, psychedelics could treat a wide array of mental health conditions — and maybe even make us feel more connected. But @Caterina asks: can science, politics and culture align to make it possible? New episode: https://t.co/RZxdW0hgH1
On @ShouldThisExist, @Caterina talks to @kesvelt, Media Lab master's student Anika Ullah, and other experts about bi-directional contact tracing, privacy, and the role of trust in efforts to stop the spread of #covid19. https://t.co/QPPiPyoydx
NIMBYs and YIMBYs, Project KRUSTY, and: Do you live near a nuclear waste dump and not know it? Dig into further reading in this week's newsletter. Read and subscribe: https://t.co/xcwh8mhC7q
Countries have committed to investing billions in decarbonization. Which technologies will be the winners? In this week’s episode of @ShouldThisExist Yes VC Partner @Caterina looks at the new, small-scale nuclear reactors—listen: