How Science Fiction Can Shape Our Reality — with Kim Stanley Robinson
The meta-crisis is so vast: climate change, exponential technology, addiction, polarization, and more. How do we grasp it, let alone take steps to address it? One of the thinking tools we have at our ...
10 Feb 202240min
Here’s Our Plan And We Don’t Know — with Tristan Harris, Aza Raskin and Stephanie Lepp
Renowned quantum physicist Richard Feynman once wrote, "It is our capacity to doubt that will determine the future of civilization." In that spirit, this episode is a little different – because we're ...
3 Feb 202235min
Is World War III Already Here? — with Lieutenant General H. R. McMaster
Would you say that the US is in war-time or peace-time? How do you know? The truth is, the nature of warfare has changed so fundamentally, that we're currently in a war we don't even recognize. It's t...
13 Jan 202235min
A Fresh Take on Tech in China — with Rui Ma and Duncan Clark
Who do you think the Chinese government considers its biggest rival? The United States, right? Actually, the Chinese government considers its biggest rival to be its own technology companies. It's Chi...
10 Des 202148min
Behind the Curtain on The Social Dilemma — with Jeff Orlowski-Yang and Larissa Rhodes
How do you make a film that impacts more than 100 million people in 190 countries in 30 languages?This week on Your Undivided Attention, we're going behind the curtain on The Social Dilemma — the Netf...
11 Nov 202143min
A Conversation with Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen
We are now in social media's Big Tobacco moment. And that’s largely thanks to the courage of one woman: Frances Haugen.Frances is a specialist in algorithmic product management. She worked at Google, ...
18 Okt 202155min
Spotlight — A Whirlwind Week of Whistleblowing
In seven years of working on the problems of runaway technology, we’ve never experienced a week like this! In this bonus episode of Your Undivided Attention, we recap this whirlwind of a week — from F...
6 Okt 20214min
Making Meaning in Challenging Times — with Jamie Wheal
What helps you make meaning in challenging times? As you confront COVID, the climate crisis, and all of the challenges we discuss on this show, what helps you avoid nihilism or fundamentalism, and ins...
30 Sep 202143min
