In his book Black Transhuman Liberation Theology: Technology and Spirituality (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019), Philip Butler explores what might happen if Black people in the United States merged technology and spirituality in their fight towards materializing liberating realities.
The discussions shaping what it means for humans to exist with technology and as ... Show More
Jun 8
Margaret O’Mara on the Clintons, Tech, and Memory
We were joined by Professor Margaret O’Mara of the University of Washington, who had a front row seat to the Clinton campaign and went on to become an expert in the history of information technology and Silicon Valley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice ... Show More
1h 11m
Jun 5
Ralph Jones, "Microphone" (Bloomsbury, 2026)
Since its invention more than 150 years ago, the microphone transformed the world in an instant. Yet its evolution and integration into our daily lives has been comparatively gradual – so gradual, crucially, that it is easy to forget just how much we take it for granted. As explo ... Show More
51m 39s
Jun 4
Turning IBM's Culture Massively Around
Phil Gilbert is best known for leading IBM’s transformation as their General Manager of Design, a project that updated the work of 400,000 IBM employees across 180 countries. The transformation became the subject of a Harvard Business School case study, the documentary film The L ... Show More
41m 54s
Feb 2023
Terry Sejnowski: NeurIPS and the Future of AI
<p>In this episode, <a href= "https://twitter.com/sejnowski?lang=en">Terry Sejnowski</a>, an AI pioneer, chairman of the NeurIPS Foundation, and co-creator of Boltzmann Machines, delves into the latest developments in deep learning and their potential impact on our understanding ... Show More
37m 5s
Jun 2018
will.i.am: The Future of Social Media and Artificial Intelligence
Grammy-winning musician, producer, tech entrepreneur, author and philanthropist will.i.am is best known as the founder of the Black Eyed Peas. He shares why he's shifting away from making music and has been focusing his energy on using technology to create a better future through ... Show More
44m 2s