Digital Democracy: Moving Beyond 'Big Tech' to Save Open Societies with Audrey Tang
As the world is increasingly shaped by the dominance of 'Big Tech' – including the race for Artificial Intelligence – the outsized impact on our democratic and information systems has left many with f...
26 Mar 20251h 24min
The Mad Scramble for Power: Global Superpowers' Strategies for Energy, Economics, and War | Reality Roundtable #16
The rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape of recent years can be hard to follow. With economic conflicts between global superpowers and violent clashes across multiple continents, today's events can...
23 Mar 20251h 29min
Thinking and Feeling | Frankly 89
The human brain has proven to be particularly good at breaking down all sorts of things into categories and dichotomies - even our perception of the world itself is often split between 'thinking' and ...
21 Mar 202510min
Threats to U.S. Security: Aging Infrastructure, Fragile Systems, and Information Warfare with Dan O'Connor
The threats facing the United States' stability seem to be escalating daily - from aging electric grids and deteriorating infrastructure to rising information warfare from domestic and international s...
19 Mar 20251h 25min
The Lost Art of Grieving: Grief as Ritual, Resistance, and Resilience with Francis Weller
Western culture, particularly in the United States, is often characterized by a profound discomfort and suppression of grief. Without healthy outlets to process loss and pain – especially in communal ...
12 Mar 20251h 38min
Snow, The Singularity, and Rocks in the River | Frankly 88
As the world continued its increasingly chaotic series of events this week - with disruptive events in everything from politics to artificial intelligence, a spring blizzard swept through the upper Mi...
7 Mar 202514min
2000-Watt Society: The Realities of Living a Low(er) Energy Lifestyle with Peter Strack
Caught between increasing energy prices and rising carbon emissions, the idea of reducing our energy consumption is a practical and forward-looking necessity. Yet, with communities in the United State...
5 Mar 20251h 17min
(Some of) The Central Questions of Our Time | Frankly 87
The period of relative peace and stability we've known - enabled by the energy surplus of the Carbon Pulse and the ecological stability of the Holocene - is slipping away. AI is turbocharging the Supe...
28 Feb 202517min
