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"To discover to the world something which deeply concerns it, and of which it was previously ignorant; to prove to it that it had been mistaken on some vital point of temporal or spiritual interest, is as important a service as a human being can render to his fellow creatures..." John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty"

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Thursday, April 28, 2022

Why the Internet Is Less Safe Than Flying or Driving or Eating: A Conversation with Bruce Schneier

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The metaverse notwithstanding, the nexus between what happens on the internet, and what happens in the real, physical world, is disappearing...

Monday, February 25, 2019

The History of our Future: A Conversation with Former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler

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We’ve talked before about those frightening four words heard all too often. “This time it’s different.” Perhaps, besides Wall Street, nowh...

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

With Each New Year, Do We Loose A Little of What Makes Us Human?

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How much of your work day is about emails, texts, Slack, Basecamp or Shift? And how much is about phone calls or meetings or basic human co...

Friday, March 17, 2017

Silicon Opioids

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We check our phones hundreds of times a day. Twitter, Facebook and Instagram images fly by, as were always afraid we’ll miss something “imp...

Friday, June 17, 2016

The Future is Inevitable

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If there is one overriding meme today it’s about fear. Fear of change, fear of a shrinking world, fear of the impact of technology; in shor...

Monday, December 14, 2015

Why is the technology to simplify our lives, so complicated?

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We’ve been told for years that one of the key goals of technology was to simplify our life. In fact, for many people the opposite has happe...

Friday, January 9, 2015

The Internet is Not the Answer

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The industrial revolution changed the world. It changed the nature of work, it displaced workers, it ushered in the Gilded Age and created ...

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Understanding the Internet of Things

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Although the origins of the quote are a bit murky, the idea that the only way to predict the future is to invent it, certainly seems true in...

Monday, May 26, 2014

How innovation keeps proving the catastrophists wrong!

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Throughout time there have always been those trying to stop the forces of progress. Fear of the new and fear of technology, has been the st...

Sunday, February 9, 2014

iDoc

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We look to technology as the panacea to solve so many of today's problems. Yet we fear technology. When it goes wrong, like stealing our...

Sunday, September 1, 2013

The Distraction Addiction

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Throughout history we have always looked at technology as a tool to make life easier. Whether it was a wheel, a shovel, a pencil or today, ...

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Jeff Schechtman: Napa, California, United States; I grew up during the Kennedy Presidency. It was a time when the best and the brightest sat center stage in the nation's psyche. I've always remembered the story, that at an arts gala at the White House, Kennedy looked around the room and proclaimed it "the greatest gathering of talent since Thomas Jefferson dined alone." Without the benefit of such trappings, I've had the opportunity, for the past nineteen years, to have a seat at an international banquet of ideas and history. My radio program provided me a unique opportunity to "travel" around the world and speak to thousands of the most imaginative thinkers and leaders in the arenas of politics, religion, journalism, business, popular culture, academics, science, economics, history, and medicine. During these years, I have taken many people with me on this journey. It has been a momentous time. The trauma of politics, the onslaught of technology, the insights of science, and the changes in the human condition make this a period almost unequaled in history. I'm excited that technology has now made it possible for me to take more of you along with me on this journey.

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