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It's clear that our newest technologies are rapidly remaking our lives. What's less clear is if our lives are actually improving. Whether it's privacy violations, environmental degradation, cognitive decline, addiction, income inequality, or stunted relationships, the costs of our tech obsession are…

The Technoskeptic

  • Jun 4, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 38m AVG DURATION
  • 10 EPISODES


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Latest episodes from The Technoskeptic

Ben Green on Smart Enough Cities

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2019 42:38


Clare Garvie on Facial Recognition

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2019 22:16


Facial recognition expert Clare Garvie explains how police are using (and abusing) this dangerous technology.

Josh Golin on Marketing to Kids

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2019 44:20


Josh Golin, Director of Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, fights a corporate culture of consumerism and surveillance that has ensnared our kids.

Roald Hazelhoff’s Environmental Citizenship

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2019 36:04


Southern Environmental Center founder Roald Hazelhoff gives us a tour of his unique educational and community-building work.

Gail Dines on Porn Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2019 36:28


Activist, author, and sociologist Gail Dines discusses the impact of pornography—particularly in its virulent and violent Internet form—on culture.

Jim Keenan on Catholic Environmentalism

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2019 39:59


Father Jim Keenan, director of the Jesuit Institute at Boston College, discusses Pope Francis's views on environmentalism and social justice.

Jonathan Taplin on Internet Aggregators

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2019 38:43


Jonathan Taplin, former music and film maven, tells what the new rentier economy of Internet aggregators has done to the arts, journalism, and democracy.

Robert Lustig on Biochemistry and Health

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2019 49:50


Author and endocrinologist Robert Lustig explains the neurochemical difference between happiness and pleasure and how it’s been exploited to make so many of us fat, addicted, and depressed. Then, he reminds us how to reclaim our health.

Episode #26: Adam Gazzaley

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2019 43:55


Neurologist Adam Gazzaley discusses how the brain's attentional system functions–or doesn't–when buffeted by digital distraction.

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