Are Smartphones Ruining Our Lives?
Digital devices rob us of our attention, creativity, and, some studies show, our mental health. We ask psychologists and authors if smartphone and social media usage has triggered a national health cr...
31 Touko 201825min
Blockchain: The Next Internet, or the Next Beanie Baby?
Silicon Valley and Wall Street are obsessed with Bitcoin and its underlying technology called blockchain. Boosters say it'll fix everything from elections to shipping to identity theft. But what exact...
24 Touko 201823min
Should We Break Up Amazon?
Amazon might become the first trillion-dollar company in the history of the world. Has the Everything Store become a dangerous monopoly threatening the U.S. economy? Learn more about your ad choices. ...
17 Touko 201823min
Why Can’t Facebook Tell the Truth?
In the last 18 months, Facebook has gone through one of the worst public relations crises of any major tech company. In this episode, two guests debate whether Facebook is fixable, or whether its busi...
10 Touko 201823min
Introducing Crazy/Genius
On Crazy/Genius, host Derek Thompson asks big questions about everything from online dating to blockchain to space exploration. Is technology moving us forward or backward? How did we get here — and w...
1 Touko 20182min
