Technology has made enormous strides over the past few decades, improving many people’s lives, and creating incredible economic, scientific, and medical breakthroughs. For some, it has been “the great equalizer”. But others are being left behind in a widening social and economic divide. How can we resolve this paradox in the future of work? In this episode, ... Show More
Oct 2
Skills financing: An eroding pillar of social development?
Investments in skills are instrumental in achieving social and economic goals. From the perspective of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, skills are important to achieving SDG 8 on decent work and economic growth, SDG 4 which includes TVET, and others. Be that as it may, lev ... Show More
22m 7s
Jun 2024
2943: LTIMindtree - How Is Digital Transformation Shaping Our Future?
In this episode, I sit down with Sudhir Chaturvedi, President of LTIMindtree, to delve into the transformative power of digital technologies. From the increasing use of Generative AI and automation to the strategic investments necessary for business resilience and growth, Sudhir ... Show More
43m 40s
Dec 2022
Ask Us Anything: You Asked, We Answered
Welcome to our first-ever Ask Us Anything episode. Recently we put out a call for questions… and, wow, did you come through! We got more than 100 responses from listeners to this podcast from all over the world. It was really fun going through them all, and really difficult to ch ... Show More
42m 51s
Feb 2020
David J. Gunkel, "Robot Rights" (MIT Press, 2018)
We are in the midst of a robot invasion, as devices of different configurations and capabilities slowly but surely come to take up increasingly important positions in everyday social reality―self-driving vehicles, recommendation algorithms, machine learning decision making system ... Show More
1h 28m