Dec 23, 2021
More and more, the digital world is being designed to turn us
into addicts. Adam Alter joins Vasant Dhar in episode 28 of Brave New World to
describe the sinister ways in which this happens -- and what we can
do about it.
Useful resources:
1. Irresistible --
Adam Alter.
2. Drunk
Tank Pink -- Adam Alter.
3.
Dec 9, 2021
Andrew Yang supports some game-changing ideas, such as UBI and
taxing robots, and they're rooted in a radical vision of what
America's politics should be. Yang joins Vasant Dhar in episode 27 of Brave New World
to explain why the system is broken -- and how it can be
changed.
Useful resources:
1. Andrew Yang on
Nov 25, 2021
Are you addicted? You may be a slave to dopamine without
realising it, whether in the substances you put into your body or
the behaviors you adopt. Anna Lembke, author of Dopamine
Nation, joins Vasant Dhar in episode 26 of Brave New
World to discuss how we can beat this.
Useful resources:
1. Anna
Lembke's website.
2.
Nov 11, 2021
There is a new religion in town. It has the best intentions, but
it may harm those it claims to help. John McWhorter
joins Vasant Dhar in episode 25
of Brave New World to talk about his book Woke
Racism -- and on the dangers of this new social movement
that could tear us apart.
Useful resources:
1. Woke
Racism -- John...
Oct 28, 2021
Machine Learning can improve decision making in a big way
-- but it can also reproduce human biases and
discrimination. Solon Barocas joins Vasant Dhar in
episode 24 of Brave New World to discuss the challenges of solving
this problem.
Useful resources:
1. Solon Barocas at his
website, Cornell, Google
Scholar and