Our world has become a weird combination of dangerous, existential challenges and of almost magical, potential solutions. Can innovations be...
Can Tech Save Us? / Scott Cohen
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Disruptive technologies
Cyber Defenders: Protecting Human Rights Online
Ronald Deibert is fighting back against digital predators to protect citizens and civil society. Listen as Ron explains how Citizen Lab does the...
Cyber (In)Security in a Connected World
Cyber insecurity is a reality of life in the digital age. We all worry about being hacked, about losing personal or corporate secrets to online...
Can We Innovate Our Way to Better Times?
Can we really innovate our way out of the mess? Are we smart enough to translate fantastic discoveries into tangible benefits for people? Livio...
Understanding—and Protecting—Neurorights
“What we're talking about is mentally enhancing humans…about building a new type of species, a hybrid human, in which part of our brain will be...
Are Your Thoughts Safe?
Where is neuroscience taking us? Rafael Yuste works at the forefront of neuroscience. In an effort to protect your individual neuro-identity and...
Welcome to the High-Tech Barbecue
Can we produce enough food to meet humanity's growing needs and wants, without further environmental damage? Is it possible to move the center point...
Magical thinking (about Zoom)
Since the onset of the pandemic, most people have been forced to put their lives on hold or online. Work, education, entertainment, exercise—almost...
Do you believe in Magic?
Magician Mark Mitton explores how magical thinking (or, at least, a magician’s thinking) can help us through this crisis Mark Mitton is a magician...