Podcast: The History Hour (LS 59 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: A history of gamesPub date: 2022-01-01The inside story of games that shaped the modern world. Including Atari's Nolan Bushnell on his game Pong which helped launch the video game industry. Plus the origin of Grand Theft Auto, the man who invented Tetris, the son of the Lego brick pioneer and the true story of Monopoly. Max Pearson also talks to the technology journalist Louise Blain about the development of the huge gaming

Podcast: The Dig (LS 59 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Cryptocurrency w/ Edward Ongweso Jr & Jacob SilvermanPub date: 2021-12-16Edward Ongweso Jr. and Jacob Silverman on cryptocurrency, NFTs, Elon Musk, the metaverse, meme stocks, and techno-utopianism amid the crushing reality of our neoliberal hellscape. The first in a two-episode series on crypto. Read Dan's new essay on border control politics: nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/border-crises/ Support The Dig at

Podcast: The Anti-Dystopians (LS 24 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: (Tech) Company RulePub date: 2021-12-13Alina Utrata talks to Dr Maha Atal, a lecturer at the University of Glasgow who studies the political economy of corporate power and was previously an award-winning journalist reporting on the tech industry. They discuss how the history of company-rule and colonization relates to the tech industry, how tech companies exert power in the Global South, why Silicon Valley’s “Janus faces”

Podcast: The Dig (LS 59 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Cryptocurrency w/ Edward Ongweso Jr & Jacob SilvermanPub date: 2021-12-16Edward Ongweso Jr. and Jacob Silverman on cryptocurrency, NFTs, Elon Musk, the metaverse, meme stocks, and techno-utopianism amid the crushing reality of our neoliberal hellscape. The first in a two-episode series on crypto. Read Dan's new essay on border control politics: nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/border-crises/ Support The Dig at

Podcast: The Anti-Dystopians (LS 24 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: (Tech) Company RulePub date: 2021-12-13Alina Utrata talks to Dr Maha Atal, a lecturer at the University of Glasgow who studies the political economy of corporate power and was previously an award-winning journalist reporting on the tech industry. They discuss how the history of company-rule and colonization relates to the tech industry, how tech companies exert power in the Global South, why Silicon Valley’s “Janus faces”

Podcast: The Radical AI Podcast (LS 39 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Decolonial AI 101 with Raziye Buse ÇetinPub date: 2021-12-08What is Decolonial AI? How can we apply a postcolonial lens to AI design? In this episode we interview Raziye Buse Çetin about Colonial, Decolonial, and Postcolonial AI -- and the Newly released Decolonial AI Manyfesto. Buse is an AI policy and ethics researcher and consultant. Her work revolves around ethics, impact, and governance of AI systems. She combines

Podcast: Ethics of AI in ContextEpisode: Pasquale & Malgieri, The New Turn On AI Accountability From The EU Regulation And BeyondPub date: 2021-12-03In the last years, legal scholars and computer scientists have discussed widely how to reach a good level of AI accountability and fairness. The first attempts focused on the right to an explanation of algorithms, but such an approach has proven often unfeasible and fallacious due to the lack of legal consensus on the existence of that right in

Podcast: Machines Like Us (LS 39 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: How Peter Thiel’s Contrarianism Shaped Silicon Valley — and AmericaPub date: 2021-12-02Tech billionaire Peter Thiel is an enigmatic, controversial and hugely influential power broker in both Silicon Valley and the political arena. He is often seen as a libertarian, who at one point was exploring the idea of building floating stateless cities in international waters. But at the same time Thiel is very much an insider. He is

Podcast: Tech Won't Save Us (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Who Inspired Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos’ Space Visions? w/ Fred ScharmenPub date: 2021-12-02Paris Marx is joined by Fred Scharmen to discuss Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos’ visions for space colonization, the inspiration they draw from the work of Wernher von Braun and Gerard O’Neill, and what’s wrong with basing our future on those ideas.Fred Scharmen is the author of Space Forces: A Critical History of Life in Outer Space. He

Podcast: Ethics of AI in ContextEpisode: Pasquale & Malgieri, The New Turn On AI Accountability From The EU Regulation And BeyondPub date: 2021-12-03In the last years, legal scholars and computer scientists have discussed widely how to reach a good level of AI accountability and fairness. The first attempts focused on the right to an explanation of algorithms, but such an approach has proven often unfeasible and fallacious due to the lack of legal consensus on the existence of that right in

Podcast: Big Tech (LS 27 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: How Peter Thiel’s Contrarianism Shaped Silicon Valley — and AmericaPub date: 2021-12-02Tech billionaire Peter Thiel is an enigmatic, controversial and hugely influential power broker in both Silicon Valley and the political arena. He is often seen as a libertarian, who at one point was exploring the idea of building floating stateless cities in international waters. But at the same time Thiel is very much an insider. He is actively

Podcast: Tech Won't Save Us (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Who Inspired Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos’ Space Visions? w/ Fred ScharmenPub date: 2021-12-02Paris Marx is joined by Fred Scharmen to discuss Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos’ visions for space colonization, the inspiration they draw from the work of Wernher von Braun and Gerard O’Neill, and what’s wrong with basing our future on those ideas.Fred Scharmen is the author of Space Forces: A Critical History of Life in Outer Space. He

Podcast: Political Economy Forum (LS 31 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: #66 - Tech Platforms and how to govern them - w/ Blayne HaggartPub date: 2021-11-29In this episode, Prof. Blayne Haggart of Brock University speaks to Nicolas Wittstock about how to regulate platforms.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from University of Washington, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

Podcast: Political Economy Forum (LS 31 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: #66 - Tech Platforms and how to govern them - w/ Blayne HaggartPub date: 2021-11-29In this episode, Prof. Blayne Haggart of Brock University speaks to Nicolas Wittstock about how to regulate platforms.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from University of Washington, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

Podcast: Tech Life (LS 48 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: A volcano-powered Bitcoin city?Pub date: 2021-11-26El Salvador's president made Bitcoin legal tender, now he wants to build a city. Joe Tidy speaks to Salvodoran-American cryptocurrency enthusiast and investor Gerson Martinez about the Central American country's experience with Bitcoin since its introduction earlier this year. Plus 193 member states of the UN agency Unesco say they want a more ethical approach to the development of

Podcast: In Machines We Trust (LS 51 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: How pricing algorithms learn to colludePub date: 2021-10-27Algorithms now determine how much things cost. It’s called dynamic pricing and it adjusts according to current market conditions in order to increase profits. The rise of ecommerce has propelled pricing algorithms into an everyday occurrence—whether you’re shopping on Amazon, booking a flight, hotel or ordering an Uber. We Meet: Lisa Wilkins, UX designer Gabe

Podcast: The Sound of Economics (LS 32 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Technology: a product of unequal power?Pub date: 2021-11-24Is technology change neutral? This question is essential in the discussion under the scope of the future of work. In this episode, Bruegel’s own Giuseppe Porcaro and Mario Mariniello speak to David Spencer about the nature of technology, its impact on the quantity and quality of work, the cost of the technological transition and how to make sure it benefits

Podcast: Latino USA (LS 65 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Gig Workers vs. Big TechPub date: 2021-11-19How does technology affect labor? How are tech corporations like Uber and Lyft redefining what it means to be a worker in the United States? California has been ground zero for cementing the “gig work” business model of these companies into law. A year ago this month, the state passed Proposition 22 to allow app-based firms like Uber and Lyft to classify their drivers as contractors

Podcast: Kinsella On Liberty (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: KOL364 | Soho Forum Debate vs. Richard Epstein: Patent and Copyright Law Should Be AbolishedPub date: 2021-11-25Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 364. This is my Soho Forum debate held Nov. 15, 2021, in Manhattan, against professor Richard Epstein, moderated by Gene Epstein. I defended the resolution "all patent and copyright law should be abolished" and Professor Epstein opposed it. Oxford debate rules applied which

Podcast: The Sound of Economics (LS 32 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Technology: a product of unequal power?Pub date: 2021-11-24Is technology change neutral? This question is essential in the discussion under the scope of the future of work. In this episode, Bruegel’s own Giuseppe Porcaro and Mario Mariniello speak to David Spencer about the nature of technology, its impact on the quantity and quality of work, the cost of the technological transition and how to make sure it benefits