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Sep 2023
27m 49s

Lessons from History: Technology and Pol...

Center For Strategic And International Studies
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In this episode, Caitlin Chin sits with Jason Steinhauer, a public historian and bestselling author of "History, Disrupted: How Social Media and the World Wide Web Have Changed the Past." Caitlin and Jason discuss how policymakers and technology companies can incorporate lessons from history to address modern challenges like artificial intelligence, online d ... Show More
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