
MSP25: What If… Data Was Good?
Instead of fearing Skynet, we should be embracing it. A sentient control system might be the only thing that will keep the robots in check. It’s time to Mattsplain.
5 Apr 201820min

MSP24: Return Of The Killer Robots
Instead of fearing Skynet, we should be embracing it. A sentient control system might be the only thing that will keep the robots in check. It’s time to Mattsplain.
29 Mar 201824min

M.EX4 Encyclopedia Analytica
The Facebook and Cambridge Analytica revelations continue to cause waves around the world,. As the #DeleteFacebook movement gathers momentum, users are discovering the extent of the data that the comp...
26 Mar 201812min

MSP23: 101.Cambridge Analytica
Data companies are using sophisticated psychological techniques to manipulate and nudge our behaviour. #DeleteFacebook is no solution. We need to completely change the business model of online compani...
22 Mar 201829min

MSP22: The Earth Is Flat
Could a giant wall of ice be all that stands between us and falling off the edge of our planet? Does the sun shine down on us like a Hollywood spotlight. Probably not, reckons Matt. But he’ll try it o...
15 Mar 201822min

MSP21: It's The Jobs, Stupid
Bladerunner, Altered Carbon and Humans outline very different visions of a future where machines have replaced human workers. Which of those futures are we headed for, asks Matt, as he gets ready for ...
8 Mar 201820min

Mattsplained - Keeping It Frosty
Air conditioning has had an enormous impact on modern society, from population migration to architecture to the warehouses that store The Cloud. But is it time we swapped energy intensive a/c for micr...
1 Mar 201825min

Mattsplained - Trust In Tech
Attitudes towards Silicon Valley are changing, with an angry sea of voices raging at their tone deaf behaviour and seeming inability to understand or tame the epidemic of fake news. Now is not the tim...
22 Feb 201819min



















