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EVEN MORE about this episode!Did your soul choose this life—and its challenges—before you were born? Join Julie Ryan and developmental psychologist Robert Atkinson, PhD, as they explore pre-birth planning, destiny, déjà vu, and how ancient myths reveal the deeper purpose behind your life's journey. Through powerful spiritual stories and folklore— including tales of souls receiving their life path before birth—they explore whether experiences like déjà vu may be echoes of a greater design meant to guide our growth and awakening.This episode dives into myths and sacred stories not as literal history, but as profound psychological and spiritual maps. Dr. Atkinson reveals how timeless narratives—from Jonah and the whale to Gilgamesh and Odysseus—share a universal structure rooted in Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey, offering a blueprint for transformation that transcends culture and time. These stories, he explains, are invitations to wholeness—calling us to face trials, claim meaning, and evolve beyond duality.Together, Julie and Dr. Atkinson explore how imagination, community, meditation, prayer, and spiritual guidance help us interpret these stories in a modern world overflowing with information but starving for wisdom. This rich conversation will change how you view your life story—inviting you to see your challenges not as obstacles, but as sacred signposts guiding you toward purpose, unity, and deeper consciousness.Guest Biography:Robert Atkinson, PhD, is an award-winning author, educator, and developmental psychologist whose work bridges storytelling, personal transformation, and the evolution of consciousness. He is the author or co-editor of more than a dozen influential books, including The Way of Unity: Essential Principles and Preconditions for Peace (2025), A New Story of Wholeness, The Story of Our Time, Year of Living Deeply, and Mystic Journey, earning multiple Gold and Silver Nautilus Book Awards for his contributions to unitive and evolutionary thought. Dr. Atkinson holds a PhD in cross-cultural human development from the University of Pennsylvania with a postdoctoral fellowship from the University of Chicago, is Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern Maine, and is internationally recognized for his pioneering work in life story interviewing, personal myth-making, and soul-centered development. He is the director of StoryCommons, founder of One Planet Peace Forum, a member of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle, and a recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award as a Visionary Leader from the Visioneers International Network.Episode Chapters:(0:00:01) - Soul's Purpose and Life's Journey(0:12:24) - The Power of Myths and Legends(0:26:42) - The Power of Stories and Imagination(0:37:23) - The Power of Parables and Healing(0:55:43) - The Path to Wholeness➡️Subscribe to Ask Julie Ryan YouTube➡️Subscribe to Ask Julie Ryan Español YouTube➡️Subscribe to Ask Julie Ryan Português YouTube➡️Subscribe to Ask Julie Ryan Deutsch YouTube➡️Subscribe to Ask Julie Ryan Français YouTube✏️Ask Julie a Question!

What can a lifetime of storytelling teach us about unity, socialchange, and spiritual growth? In this week's The No BS Spiritual Book Club, Sandie Sedgbeer talks with Robert Atkinson—developmental psychologist, storyteller, and author—about the mentors, books, and experiences that shaped his personal and professional journey. He reflects on the influence of Joseph Campbell, Pete Seeger, Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, and Kahlil Gibran, along with his own commitment to life story interviewing, authenticity, and unity consciousness. Through stories of mentorship, transformative books, and his own work in social change, Robert reveals how storytelling can be a bridge between personal growth and collective evolution. **Guest:** Robert AtkinsonWebsite: https://www.robertatkinson.net/

What can a lifetime of storytelling teach us about unity, socialchange, and spiritual growth? Robert Atkinson joins Sandie Sedgbeer to share the books, mentors, and life lessons that shaped his vision for a more connected humanity.

Robert Atkinson, founder and president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, discusses about his recent DeepDive essay on Ottawa's flawed assumptions to introduce more players and competition in Canada's telecommunications market, and how public policy should prioritize connectivity.This episode was made possible by Telus and the generosity of listeners like you. Donate today.The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad.If you like what you are hearing on Hub Dialogues consider subscribing to The Hub's free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on key public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/join/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is AI a miracle? A threat? Will it free us? Enslave us? Both? Neither? What's the future of AI and governance? AI and art? AI and elections? AI and social media? AI and the economy? AI and the world?Welcome to the Tech Policy Podcast: AI and Everything. On this special episode, we present highlights from more than a year of conversations with leading experts on the state of the AI revolution.Featuring Adam Thierer, Samuel Hammond, Liza Lin, Arnold Kling, Brian Frye, Joseph Tainter, James Pethokoukis, Robert Atkinson, Alice Marwick, and Ari Cohn.Links:Tech Policy Podcast 327: The Collapse of Complex SocietiesTech Policy Podcast 337: China and Domestic SurveillanceTech Policy Podcast 346: Who's Afraid of Artificial Intelligence?Tech Policy Podcast 355: Conservative FuturismTech Policy Podcast 361: AI, Art, Copyright, and the Life of BrianTech Policy Podcast 363: AI and ElectionsTech Policy Podcast 369: AI and State CapacityTech Policy Podcast 375: Tech Facts and FallaciesTech Policy Podcast 377: AI and Wicked Problems

Is technology really addictive, or is that just another myth? What hidden benefits of AI are we overlooking? And how will the landscape of innovation shift as lawmakers tighten the reins of regulation?In this episode, Shane interviews Robert Atkinson and David Moschella, co-authors of Technology Fears and Scapegoats: 40 Myths About Privacy, Jobs, AI, and Today's Innovation Economy. Robert is president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) and author of numerous books on innovation economics and technology. David is a nonresident senior fellow at ITIF. Before joining ITIF, he was a research fellow at Leading Edge Forum where he explored digital technologies' impact on business.Tune in as we dispel leading, and sometimes harmful, myths about technology today.

Social media undermines democracy. Small businesses are more innovative than big ones. Corporate profits are at all-time highs. America's secret weapon is laissez-faire capitalism. These are widely held beliefs, but are they true? Our guest today argues that these statements aren't just wrong, but that they're holding America back—discouraging talented people from entering the technology field and making companies too cautious and wary of regulators. Is America losing its faith in innovation? If so, what can companies and governments do to turn the tide? Has America's “free-market” really been as free as we think, and what can policymakers learn from Alexander Hamilton when it comes to industrial policy?Evan is joined by Robert Atkinson, Founder and President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, an independent, nonpartisan research and educational institute, often recognized as the world's leading think tank on science and tech policy. He is also the co-author of the Technology Fears and Scapegoats: 40 Myths about Privacy, Jobs, AI, and Today's Innovation Economy. Read his article on Hamiltonian industrial policy here.

As Medical Affairs professionals, many of us have moved from first careers in academia or healthcare. What did your colleagues say when you told them you were transitioning to pharma? Did they say you were going to the "dark side"? In this episode, we speak with Robert Atkinson, President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation and author of the recently published book, Technology Fears and Scapegoats: 40 Myths About Privacy, Jobs, AI, and Today's Innovation Economy. And we explore the origins of negative opinions of the pharmaceutical industry, and whether a for-profit model can support both innovation and the society's best interests. 

Robert Atkinson, the founder and president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a Washington-based think tank, discusses the launch of its new Centre for Canadian Innovation and Competitiveness, what explains Canada's poor performance on advanced industry sectors, and why Canadian policymakers should listen more to productionists over economists. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad.If you like what you are hearing on Hub Dialogues consider subscribing to The Hub's free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on key public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robert Atkinson is president of the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation. He joins the show to discuss his new book, Technology Fears and Scapegoats: 40 Myths About Privacy, Jobs, AI, and Today's Innovation Economy, co-authored with David Moschella.Topics include:Tech panic: speeding-uppers vs. slowing-downersTech and privacy: try living in an analogue village!The wicked problem of content moderationIs tech progress bad for the middle class?Is tech driving market concentration?“Industrial planning”: dirty words?Links:Technology Fears and Scapegoats: 40 Myths about Privacy, Jobs, AI, and Today's Innovation Economy

This VoiceAmerica Special points to, and shares from, an important international event of the esteemed Galileo Commission, Dec. 29-30, 2023, featuring contributors to the important new book THE GREAT UPSHIFT: HUMANITY'S COMING ADVANCE TOWARD PEACE AND HARMONY ON THE PLANET, “Roadmaps for Planetary Activists” (https://amzn.to/3PklmXB) by two-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Ervin Laszlo and David Lorimer, Chair of the Galileo Commission. The Galileo Commission was founded in 2017 to expand the worldview of science. Ninety advisors representing thirty universities worldwide published the well known GALILEO COMMISSION REPORT, which is available in both academic and general public versions: BEYOND A MATERIALIST WORLDVIEW—TOWARDS AN EXPANDED SCIENCE. Contributors to THE GREAT UPSHIFT agree: We have reached a historic turning point -- a 'point of bifurcation' at which we must find new ways to upshift our individual and collective consciousness to ensure the desired resolution of the world's crises. The Great Upshift offers roadmaps for all of us to do this.” This vital book is a compendium of insights into solutions for our world, troubled by climate change, conflict, and unsustainable conditions and calls for our conscious participation in universal values of love and care that we all share-- and which point us toward a world that works for all. David Lorimer cohosts this VoiceAmerica Special, hosting first Ervin Laszlo and then, in order of appearance: Ben Bowler of UNITY EARTH and three time Nautilus Award Winner Dr. Robert Atkinson speaking about this December program and also a February 2024 event with Lazslo, Lorimer and other guests entitled” Awakening to Humanity's Sacred Mission, An International Symposium and Call to Action”, February 9-11, 2024. This Symposium will also be featured here on VoiceAmerica. Then follow discussions with six noted contributors to THE GREAT UPSHIFT— renowned authors and influencers Jude Currivan, Anneloes Smitsman, Charles Eisenstein, Natalie Zeituny, Alfredo de Zayas and Bruce Lipton. Kurt Johnson hosts for VoiceAmerica. Websites to follow for announced upcoming events: December 2023-- Galileo Commission: https://galileocommission.org/; Laszlo Institute for New Paradigm Research: https://thelaszloinstitute.com/; February 2024: the above and UNITY EARTH: https://unity.earth/; Evolutionary Leaders: https://www.evolutionaryleaders.net/; Light on Light: https://www.lightonlight.us/; and the Facebook Pages for all of these organizations.

In a special episode, Dr Miah Hammond-Errey is joined by Michael Green, CEO of the United States Studies Centre, to consider the conversations and developments around technology decoupling between the United States and China across the past six months. Drawing on insights from previous guests on the podcast, Miah and Mike cover topics from international standards, subsea cables and individual user trust in technology to the role of Japan and Australia. They also discuss the role of alliances, digital infrastructure, national security and historical lessons that can inform this evolving area of debate.Technology and Security is hosted by Dr Miah Hammond-Errey, the inaugural director of the Emerging Technology program at the United States Studies Centre, based at the University of Sydney. Clips used in this recording:Jessica Hunter, First Assistant Director-General Access & Effects Operations at the Australian Signals Directorate, recorded in Canberra, February 2023 for Technology and Security Episode 1.Alex Lynch, Google Australia Public Policy Manager, recorded in Sydney, March 2023 for Technology and Security Episode 2.Julie Inman Grant, Australia's eSafety Commissioner, recorded in Sydney, March 2023 for Technology and Security Episode 3.Dr Robert Atkinson, President and Founder of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, recorded in Sydney in March 2023 while at the USSC as a Visiting Fellow.The Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury and Assistant Minister for Employment, and Dr Robert Atkinson, President and Founder of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, recorded in Canberra, March 2023 at the USSC's ‘Technology, Innovation And Strategic Competition' event.Sue Gordon, former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, recorded in Washington, May 2023 for Technology and Security Episode 4.Resources mentioned in the recording:  (USSC Polling Explainer) Collaboration with trusted allies and distrust in Chinese technology: American, Australian and Japanese views on technology (Standards Australia Report) Iconic Nation(ASD Resources) Protecting your devices and cybersecurity(USSC Report) Secrecy, sovereignty and sharing: How data and emerging technologies are transforming intelligence (Elisabeth Braw, Foreign Policy article on subsea cables) Decoupling Is Already Happening – Under the Sea (White House) CHIPS and Science Act (US Bureau of Industry and Security) Commerce Implements New Export Controls on Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items to the People's Republic of China (PRC)(Australian Defence Force) Defence Strategic Review 2023(White House) National Security Strategy(Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan) National Security Strategy (Wall Street Journal) Potato Chips Vs. Computer Chips – High Technology Any Way You Slice ItMaking great content requires fabulous teams. Thanks to the great talents of the following. Special co-host: Dr Mike GreenResearch support and assistance: Tom BarrettProduction: Elliott BrennanPodcast Design: Susan BealeMusic: Dr Paul MacThis podcast was recorded on the lands of the Gadigal people, and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging — here and wherever you're listening. We acknowledge their continuing connection to land, sea and community, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. 

Author, Educator, and Developmental Psychologist Robert Atkinson, joins us to talk about his timely new book, A New Story of Wholeness: An Experiential Guide for Connecting the Human Family. We spoke about the need, in our fragmented time, for a shared vision of our interconnectedness and the unity that binds us in spite of our superficial differences. Atkinson shares his belief that we're approaching what he calls "a consciousness of global integration." Connect with Robert Atkinson https://www.robertatkinson.net/ Meet author, spiritual counselor, speaker, and writing coach Philip Goldberg Find books by Philip Goldberg and other MindBodySpirit.fm podcast hosts in the online store Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In an era of heightened economic and technological competition, the United States and Australia are rapidly recalibrating their strategic approach. The technology policy landscape is front-of-mind across all aspects of business and government. This conversation explored a range of technology issues facing Australia and the United States including, the role of AI and automation in jobs, innovation and inequality, data sovereignty, the CHIPS Act, decoupling and technology regulation. The United States Studies Centre hosted a discussion featuring The Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury and Dr Robert Atkinson, President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) moderated by Dr Miah Hammond-Errey, USSC Emerging Technology Program Director. 

Robert Atkinson, the Bristol City footballer, is making waves with his inspiring story of success and determination in life and in football. As a guest on the Leave No Doubt podcast, Atkinson opened up about his journey from his humble beginnings to becoming a professional footballer. He discussed his previous clubs, appearances, playing positions, and his take on mental health. Atkinson's passion for the game is clear and he works hard every day to achieve his goals. With his strong mentality and unwavering commitment, Robert Atkinson is one of Bristol City's most talented players and is sure to have a bright future in the sport.

Robert Atkinson, Ph.D.'s new book A New Story of Wholeness: An Experiential Guide for Connecting with the Human Family, shares how connecting with wholeness advances humanity. Synthesizing his work in personal mythmaking, soul-making, and storytelling, award-winning author Robert Atkinson draws from mythology, mysticism, rites of passage, and psychology to identify a pattern within our unconscious that guides our evolving consciousness, transforms our lives, keeps our focus on the wholeness of all things, and keeps humanity on its evolutionary trajectory. In bringing all the paths to wholeness back together as one, this pioneering, practical, and easy-to-use experiential guide provide the context, framework, and reflective writing exercises needed for telling our stories of wholeness. In doing so, we connect the human family, one story at a time. We talk about The unconsciousness guides our evolution the role of stories in humanity's evolution connecting with wholeness The Unconsciousness that transforms our lives Keeping our focus on connecting with the wholeness of all things The importance of storytelling The Evolution Principle The Consciousness Principle The Wholeness Principle The call to wholeness The path of purification The return to wholeness Shangerla Robert Atkinson, Ph.D., award-winning author, educator, and developmental psychologist, is a 2020 Gold Nautilus Book Award winner as co-editor of Our Moment of Choice: Evolutionary Visions and Hope for the Future and a 2017 Silver Nautilus Book Award winner for The Story of Our Time: From Duality to Interconnectedness to Oneness. He is also the author or co-editor of nine other books, including A New Story of Wholeness: An Experiential Guide for Connecting the Human Family (2022), Year of Living Deeply: A Memoir of 1969 (2019), Mystic Journey: Getting to the Heart of Your Soul's Story (2012), and The Gift of Stories (1995). With a Ph.D. in cross-cultural human development from the University of Pennsylvania and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago, he is professor emeritus at the University of Southern Maine, an internationally recognized authority on life story interviewing, a pioneer in the techniques of personal myth-making and soul-making, director of StoryCommons, founder of One Planet Peace Forum, and a member of the Evolutionary Leaders.  www.atkinson.net

In this seventh special in the Series Humanity's Moment of Choice guests center on the challenge of what might bring our planet to a global civilization that actually works for all. Dr. Julie Krull discusses unity and a unitive narrative with Dr. Jude Currivan, Dr. Robert Atkinson, and Teresa Collins-- leading authorities on unity, wholeness, and the evolution of consciousness and members of the unitive narrative synergy circle of the Evolutionary Leaders (an initiative of the Source of Synergy Foundation). They explore Humanity's Moment of Choice in these transformative times, as it relates to our understanding of ourselves through story and narrative. From cosmology to direct experience, and from new science to universal wisdom, they discuss the unitive nature of reality and how our living Universe is inviting us to co-create as co-evolutionary partners. This invitation covers everything—from the stories we tell to how we organize ourselves as a species on this precious planet. They explore the WHOLE STORY as we leave behind the epoch of separation and step into the dawning unitive age on our beautiful, conscious planet as fellow Gaians. Dr. Kurt Johnson and the Rev. Deborah Moldow host for VoiceAmerica and the Evolutionary Leaders Circle. Join us for this inspiring and informative program!

Are you ready to realize a New Story of Wholeness, a healing vision of unitive narratives that guides us to experience the connection of the Human Family, especially in today's deeply divided world? If your answer is YES, Join Robert Atkinson and me on Wednesday, December 14th, from 10 - 11 A.M. Central Time U.S. Our conversation is about his remarkable life journey and his latest book, A New Story of Wholeness - An Experiential Guide for Connecting the Human Family. Robert Atkinson, Ph.D., is an award-winning author, educator, and developmental psychologist whose passion is the study of the connectedness of the Human Family. He is also the founder of One Planet Peace Forum, and StoryCommons, an internationally recognized authority on life story interviewing, a pioneer in the techniques of personal myth-making and soul-making, and a member of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle, a project of the Source of Synergy Foundation. Robert has authored nine books and has worked and collaborated with Michael Bernard Beckwith, Jean Houston, Thomas Moore, Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, and Joseph Cambell. His books on life storytelling, The Gift of Stories: Practical and Spiritual Applications of Autobiography, Life Stories, and Personal Mythmaking and The Life Story Interview), have been translated into Japanese, Italian, and Romanian and are widely used in personal growth and life review settings. A New Story of Wholeness helps us discover an Inner Pattern for Living in Wholeness. It is a pioneering, practical, easy-to-use experiential guide that provides the context, framework, and reflective writing exercises needed to tell our stories of wholeness. In doing so, we connect the human family, one story at a time.

Drs. DEEPAK CHOPRA [TM], PAUL J. MILLS, ROBERT ATKINSON, JUDE CURRIVAN, JULIE KRULL, TIFFANY J. BARSOTTI, and WILLIAM C. BUSHELL discuss the cutting edge frontiers of science and spirit-- from their recent books on understanding our powerful human psychic and physical capacities, to science's current understanding of now the universe is made. Hosted by the Science and Spirituality Synergy Circle of the Evolutionary Leaders (https://www.evolutionaryleaders.net/) the books featured are SCIENCE, BEING, & BECOMING: THE SPIRITUAL LIVES OF SCIENTISTS and A NEW STORY OF WHOLENESS: AN EXPERIENTIAL GUIDE FOR CONNECTING THE HUMAN FAMILY, joined also by the vision and wisdom of THE STORY OF GAIA, THE COSMIC HOLOGRAM AND FRACTURED GRACE, all award-winning books ranked variously at No. 1 in categories at Amazon and other booksellers. Joining the previous 2022 VoiceAmerica Specials by the Evolutionary Leaders, and hosted by the Light on Light Press (publisher of the two most recent books), we follow Humanity's Moment of Choice: Choosing Earth, Voices for a Thriving Future, Choosing Peace, Choosing to Serve, and Conscious Leadership” with this exciting presentation “Joining Science and Spirit”. Guests below are in order of appearance. Dr. KURT JOHNSON of VoiceAmerica hosts.

‘The Problem Is China Wants to Be Good at Everything': Robert Atkinson on US–China Tug-of-War

In this special episode we sat down with Dr. Robert Atkinson, President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. He compares how nations compare in terms of global market share in the https://itif.org/publications/2022/06/08/the-hamilton-index-assessing-national-performance-in-the-competition-for-advanced-industries/ (Hamilton Index: Assessing National Performance in the Competition for Advanced Industries). How has the Chinese regime gained such a leap over the past quarter century and how is that impacting America? Let's dive in.

There has never been a moment in history when humanity has faced such a range of vitally critical choices as we have before us today. In this VoiceAmerica Special “HUMANITY'S MOMENT OF CHOICE: VOICES FOR A THRIVING FUTURE”, six New York Times best-selling authors, and other noted authors and filmmakers, join THE CONVERGENCE to discuss our current global moment of choice. Guests, in order of appearance, are Duane Elgin, Bruce Lipton, Deepak Chopra, Jude Currivan, Elisabet Sahtouris, Eben Alexander, Karen Newell, Diane Marie Williams, Claudia Welss, John Perkins, Lori Leyden and Loch Kelly. All are contributors to the Nautilus, and the other awards, winning book OUR MOMENT OF CHOICE: EVOLUTIONARY VISIONS AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE recently released in paperback edition by Beyond Words/ Simon and Schuster. All are also members of The Evolutionary Leaders Circle, a project of the Source of Synergy Foundation synergizing global thought leaders and activists for a global impact. Cohosts for the program include the books co-editors Deborah Moldow, Robert Atkinson and Kurt Johnson and evolutionary leader Julie Krull. Join us for the inspiring and informative program with these global leaders. Their holistic perspective is needed more than ever now, and Our Moment of Choice offers the framework for a new story that contributes to restoring the world to its inherent wholeness. As Deepak Chopra says in his contribution to the book: “The road to wholeness begins by knowing what's at stake: a complete shift in the way we relate to reality.” Learn more at https://www.ourmomentofchoice.com and https://www.evolutionaryleaders.net. https://www.evolutionaryleaders.net/

U.S. state and local governments have provided about $1.7 billion in subsidies to Chinese companies since 2010, a trend that must be reversed, said Robert Atkinson, president of Washington-based think tank Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.

Semiconductors and Sanctions – Can They Achieve the Desired Result With “Tech Titan” Robert Atkinson, Ph.D., President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation and Host Richard Levick of LEVICK: Robert Atkinson, Ph.D., President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation -- recognized as the world's top think tank for science and technology policy -- who has served under four U.S. presidents and has been referred to by The New Republic as one of the “three most important thinkers about innovation,” speaks with host Richard Levick of LEVICK about semiconductors, China and Russia and explores questions such as, in the long run, are sanctions really good for the U.S. interests? Will there be duplicated efforts and a resource waste? Will they exacerbate the chipset shortage now? What should policymakers do to capitalize on new opportunities, overcome challenges and avoid potential pitfalls? 

We can't win that fight just by pretending we don't have to compete"Dr. Robert Atkinson On US-China

The show of unity among nations opposed to Russia's invasion of Ukraine presents a model for how democratic allies could come together to oppose Beijing if the communist regime follows through on its repeated threats against Taiwan, according to Robert Atkinson, president of Washington-based think tank Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. The sanctions and economic decoupling […]

Activists like to shower the American broadband industry with criticism. In a new paper, Anticorporate Broadband Populists' Real Agenda: Destroy the Current Private-Sector System, Robert Atkinson, founder and president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, highlights the activists' ultimate goal: to turn broadband into a government-run utility. Rob joins TechFreedom's Corbin Barthold and James Dunstan to discuss the holes in the activists' arguments, the problems with municipal broadband, and the (pretty darn good) state of the broadband industry.

Christiana Riley, Deutsche Bank's Americas CEO, continues the three-part series exploring economic inequality in the United States by looking across the horizon and unpacking technology trends that could narrow, or further exacerbate, economic disparities. She is joined by panelists Robert Atkinson, the founder and President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, or ITIF; Deloitte's Global Future of Work Leader Steve Hatfield; and Apjit Walia, Deutsche Bank's Global Head of Technology Investment Strategy.

Consciousness can be viewed many ways, from varied mystical states to specific developmental stages. Join author, educator, and developmental psychologist, Dr. Bob Atkinson, as we explore the consciousness journey over time. Where are we, where have we been, and where are we going? And most importantly, what is this evocative and chaotic time we are living in right now?

These VoiceAmerica Specials, 1 & 2, feature major global Thought Leaders discussing OUR MOMENT OF CHOICE: ATLAS SHRUGGED OR ATLAS HUGGED?, the historic choice between Ayn Rand's message of radical individualism, selfishness, tribalism and competition in ATLAS SHRUGGED and that of synergy and cooperation visioned in ATLAS HUGGED, a novel by celebrated evolutionary biologist Dr. David Sloan Wilson. PART 2 features David Sloan Wilson, Duane Elgin (CHOOSING EARTH), Jude Currivan (WHOLE WORLD-VIEW), Terry Patten (NEW REPUBLIC OF THE HEART), Anne-Marie Voorhoeve (THE HAGUE CENTER), and story-experts Lynnaea Lumbard, Robert Atkinson & Teana David. PART 1 (March 26th) joined editors of OUR MOMENT OF CHOICE [an AMAZON #1 book on future evolutionary vision] Robert Atkinson, Kurt Johnson & Deborah Moldow with Dr. Wilson, David Korten (THE GREAT TURNING), and Mark Gerzon and Ben Rehki (of the major film THE REUNITED STATES OF AMERICA). See atlashugged.world, prosocial.world, reunitedstates.tv, and ourmomentofchoice.com

These VoiceAmerica Specials, 1 & 2, feature major global Thought Leaders discussing OUR MOMENT OF CHOICE: ATLAS SHRUGGED OR ATLAS HUGGED?, the historic choice between the iconic Ayn Rand message of radical individualism, selfishness, tribalism and competition in ATLAS SHRUGGED and that of synergy and cooperation visioned in ATLAS HUGGED, a novel by celebrated evolutionary biologist Dr. David Sloan Wilson. Guests include (1) David Sloan Wilson, David Korten (THE GREAT TURNING), Mark Gerzon and Ben Rehki (the major film THE REUNITED STATES OF AMERICA), (2) Duane Elgin (CHOOSING EARTH), Jude Currivan (WHOLE WORLD-VIEW), Terry Patten (NEW REPUBLIC OF THE HEART), Anne-Marie Voorhoeve (THE HAGUE CENTER), and story-experts Lynnaea Lumbard & Teana David with the editors of OUR MOMENT OF CHOICE, Robert Atkinson, Kurt Johnson, Deborah Moldow, an AMAZON #1 book, on EVOLUTIONARY VISIONS AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. See atlashugged.world, prosocial.world, reunitedstates.tv, and ourmomentofchoice.com

The Postal Service is making infrastructure the focus of its upcoming 10-year strategy. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says the agency will invest in package-sorting equipment and a new fleet of delivery trucks. This comes as USPS struggles with service delays, and a tough long-term financial outlook. For more on where the Postal Service can get the most out of its infrastructure investments, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke with the author of a recent study on this issue, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation President Robert Atkinson.

Robert David Atkinson is an economist and president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a public policy think tank based in Washington, D.C., that promotes policies based on innovation economics. Rob presented to the Tech Titans board of directors in late January 2021. Rob spoke about privacy concerns, artificial intelligence (and minority biases), and what it means when it says that President Biden signed executive orders. Note that the beginning of the presentation was not recorded.

This week's episode begins with the advice New Zealand’s Trade Minister Damien O’Connor attempted to offer Australia on how to manage bilateral relations with China. Was it helpful, and regardless does Australia have something to learn from the way New Zealand conducts its diplomacy and foreign policy? And what explains the starkly different trajectories of the bilateral relationships Canberra and Wellington have with Beijing? The military has taken power in Myanmar—again—and Allan offers a sorrowful perspective on the state of the country to which he was first posted as a young diplomat. Meanwhile, Darren wonders what the Biden administration will do, and wonders whether there is merit in the US looking to support some key Southeast Asian governments in their response, rather than necessarily attempting to lead at a time when their own democratic credentials are diminished. Is "ASEAN solidarity" still in the interests of all of its member states?  Regular podcast listeners will know how much stock Allan and Darren place on speeches, and this week they focus on the speech given by Chinese President Xi Jinping to the World Economic Forum. How is reading and analysing a speech from a Chinese leader different to that of an Australian PM or US president? What were the notable takeaways from this speech, and who was its primary audience? Finally, Australia has a brand new Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Malaysia. Perhaps an example of “fresh thinking” in Australian foreign policy? We thank AIIA intern Mitchell McIntosh for his help with research and audio editing and Rory Stenning for composing our theme music. Relevant Links Weizhen Tan, “Nationalism ‘is not the way forward’: New Zealand minister calls for more trade relationships” CNBC, 27 January 2021: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/27/new-zealand-trade-minister-on-trade-deal-with-china-china-australia-tensions.html “New Zealand’s Foreign Minister speaks on how New Zealand tackled the pandemic”, ABC 7:30 report, 28 January 2021: https://www.abc.net.au/7.30/pause-in-travel-bubble-with-new-zealand-extended/13100700 Marise Payne, “Statement on Myanmar”, 1 February 2021: https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/statement-myanmar Economist Intelligence Unit, “Democracy Index 2020: In sickness and in health?”: https://www.eiu.com/n/campaigns/democracy-index-2020/ Xi Jinping, “Let the Torch of Multilateralism Light up Humanity's Way Forward”, Speech to the World Economic Forum, 26 January 2021: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-01-25/Full-text-Xi-Jinping-s-speech-at-the-virtual-Davos-Agenda-event-Xln4hwjO2Q/index.html Cobus van Staden, “What did Xi Jinping Really Say at Davos?”, China Africa Project, 26 January 2021: https://mailchi.mp/0f0b40daa599/what-did-xi-jinping-really-say-at-davos?e=832ad9dc70 “Joint Statement on a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Australia and Malaysia”, 27 January 2021: https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/malaysia/joint-statement-comprehensive-strategic-partnership-between-australia-and-malaysia John Blaxland, “Behind the Australia-Thailand strategic partnership”, East Asia Forum, 27 January 2021: https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/01/27/behind-the-australia-thailand-strategic-partnership/ Sinica podcast, “A new U.S. strategy in East Asia, from the Quincy Institute”, 21 January 2021: https://supchina.com/podcast/a-new-u-s-strategy-in-east-asia-from-the-quincy-institute/ Robert Atkinson and Michael Lind, “National Developmentalism: From Forgotten Tradition to New Consensus”, American Affairs Volume III, Number 2 (Summer 2019): https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/05/national-developmentalism-from-forgotten-tradition-to-new-consensus/

What do we mean when we speak of Oneness? What is duality? What is it like to live in Oneness? Is it possible that we are actually in a unique period of spiritual transformation that, through divisiveness leads us to unity, even to Oneness? These are some of the questions we will answer today as we speak to Robert Atkinson, PhD, and author of the book, The Story of Our Time: From Duality to Interconnectedness to Oneness. We speak of being One with all, as if we truly understand for whom the bell tolls, but do we understand the depth and gravity of living as One with all, including the divine? Don't miss this very important message.

Steve and Corey talk with Robert Atkinson, President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation about his philosophy of National Developmentalism. They discuss the history of industrial policy and mercantilism in the US and China. Why did the US lose 1/3 of its manufacturing jobs in the 2000s? How much was due to automation and how much to Chinese competition? Atkinson discusses US R&D and recommends policies that will help the US compete with China.Other topics: Forced technology transfer, IP theft, semiconductors and Micron technologies (DRAM), why the WTO cannot handle misbehavior by China.Resources Transcript Robert Atkinson (Bio) Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) Big is Beautiful: Debunking the Mythology of Small Business (MIT Press, 2018) Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage (Yale, 2012)

What do you think about the following statements? Small businesses are overwhelmingly responsible for job creation, innovation and American prosperity. Small businesses are more productive than big companies. And small business owners are the core of democracy in America. Yet Washington, controlled by big business and engaged in “crony capitalism,” systemically discriminates against small business. We all know this is true, right? Well, no, these things are not true. Or at least, mostly not true. Joining me to explain why is Robert Atkinson, author of “Big is Beautiful: Debunking the Myth of Small Business” and Ron Nicol who led Boston Consulting Group's Americas Practice and was global leader of its Media, Technology and Communications Group. Rob, founder and president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, is one of the country's foremost thinkers on innovation economics. Ron has developed strategies for dozens of Fortune 100 Companies is considered one of the top 25 business consultants in the world.

What do we mean when we speak of Oneness? What is duality? What is it like to live in Oneness? Is it possible that we are actually in a unique period of spiritual transformation that, through divisiveness leads us to unity, even to Oneness? These are some of the questions we will answer today as we speak to Robert Atkinson, PhD, and author of the book, The Story of Our Time: From Duality to Interconnectedness to Oneness. We speak of being One with all, as if we truly understand for whom the bell tolls, but do we understand the depth and gravity of living as One with all, including the divine? Don't miss this very important message.

Listen to Dr. Robert Atkinson and his views on US Manufacturing and the role automation will play in our country's future success. Links mentioned in the interview: https://www.itif.org/ https://www.nist.gov/mep https://www.universal-robots.com/ https://www.fanucamerica.com/ https://robex.us/ Dr. Robert D. Atkinson is one of the country's foremost thinkers on innovation economics. He has conducted ground-breaking research on technology and innovation and authored three books, including Big is Beautiful: Debunking the Mythology of Small Business (MIT Press, 2018).As founder and president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), recognized as the world's top think tank for science and technology policy, Atkinson leads a prolific team of policy analysts and fellows that is successfully shaping the debate and setting the agenda on a host of critical issues at the intersection of technological innovation and public policy.

What do we mean when we speak of Oneness? What is duality? What is it like to live in Oneness? Is it possible that we are actually in a unique period of spiritual transformation that, through divisiveness leads us to unity, even to Oneness? These are some of the questions we will answer today as we speak to Robert Atkinson, PhD, and author of the book, The Story of Our Time: From Duality to Interconnectedness to Oneness. We speak of being One with all, as if we truly understand for whom the bell tolls, but do we understand the depth and gravity of living as One with all, including the divine? Don't miss this very important message.

Small is beautiful, right? Isn't that what we've all been taught? From Jeffersonian politics to the hallowed family farm, from craft breweries to tech start ups in the garage. Small business is the engine and the soul and the driver of the American system. That's the dominant narrative. And according to Robert Atkinson and Michael Lind, it is really wrong. In their new book, Big is Beautiful: Debunking the Myth of Small Business (MIT Press, 2018), the authors review the empirical evidence and conclude that large businesses create more, generate more intellectual capital, pay better, pollute less, are more diverse, and score higher on pretty much any measure of economic or employee well-being that you can come up with. It is a shocking conclusion, but one that everyone involved in the regulation of business should be aware of. (And, by the way and probably a surprise to many, small business has had its thumb on the regulatory scales for much of the republic's history.) Big is Beautiful goes against--way against--the prevailing narrative about business in this country. Daniel Peris is Senior Vice President at Federated Investors in Pittsburgh. Trained as a historian of modern Russia, he is the author most recently of Getting Back to Business: Why Modern Portfolio Theory Fails Investors. You can follow him on Twitter @Back2BizBook or at http://www.strategicdividendinvestor.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are witnesses to the dying of an old world, and the birth of a new one. A profound transformation is underway; a global community with a consciousness of oneness is emerging. Don't be distracted by seeming setbacks; hope is our inspiration, and unity our ultimate destination. Robert Atkinson will explain, “How we get there depends upon the stories we live by and the action we take.”

What do we mean when we speak of Oneness? What is duality? What is it like to live in Oneness? Is it possible that we are actually in a unique period of spiritual transformation that, through divisiveness leads us to unity, even to Oneness? These are some of the questions we will answer today as we speak to Robert Atkinson, PhD, and author of the book, The Story of Our Time: From Duality to Interconnectedness to Oneness. We speak of being One with all, as if we truly understand for whom the bell tolls, but do we understand the depth and gravity of living as One with all, including the divine? Don't miss this very important message.

“Small business is the basis of American prosperity.” “Small businesses are overwhelmingly responsible for job creation and innovation.” “Small business owners are the basis for democracy in America.” All these statements are wrong, argues Robert Atkinson, president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. It's Big Business that's responsible for today's gains in income, productivity, […] The post https://www.aei.org/multimedia/ep-97-big-business-gets-a-bad-rap/ (Ep. 97: Big Business gets a bad rap— Political Economy with James Pethokoukis) appeared first on https://www.aei.org (American Enterprise Institute - AEI).

Robert Atkinson, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized authority on life story interviewing, personal myth-making, and soul-making. He is professor emeritus of cross-cultural human development and religious studies at the University of Southern Maine, and director of Story Commons, an online community for sharing life stories. The Story of Our Time: From Duality to Interconnectedness to Oneness is the ninth in a line of wonderful books which also include Mystic Journey: Getting to the Heart of Your Soul's Story, called by Jean Houston "an exquisite exploration of the spiritual craft of soul-making." Visit www.RobertAtkinson.net. Get the Inclusion Revolution CD by Sister Jenna.  Like America Meditating.  Visit our website at www.AmericaMeditating.org.  Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android.

Robert Atkinson, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized authority on life story interviewing, personal myth-making, and soul-making. He is professor emeritus of cross-cultural human development and religious studies at the University of Southern Maine, and director of Story Commons, an online community for sharing life stories. The Story of Our Time: From Duality to Interconnectedness to Oneness is the ninth in a line of wonderful books which also include Mystic Journey: Getting to the Heart of Your Soul's Story, called by Jean Houston "an exquisite exploration of the spiritual craft of soul-making." Visit www.RobertAtkinson.net. Get the Inclusion Revolution CD by Sister Jenna.  Like America Meditating.  Visit our website at www.AmericaMeditating.org.  Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android.