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Brave New World -- hosted by Vasant Dhar

Apr 18, 2024

How much blame should we put on social media for polarizing our society? Perhaps not as much as we tend to do. Joshua A Tucker joins Vasant Dhar in episode 82 of Brave New World to discuss his studies on the effects of social media -- and the algorithms that run them. 
 
Useful resources:
1. Joshua Tucker at NYU


Apr 4, 2024

Smell is the most underrated of our senses -- and it affects everything. Alex Wiltschko joins Vasant Dhar in episode 81 of Brave New World to discuss the role of smell in our lives -- and in this new digital age.

Useful resources:
1. Alex Wiltschko on LinkedInGoogle VenturesGoogle Scholar and Twitter.
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Mar 21, 2024

Given what we know of physics and neuroscience, can there be free will? Kevin Mitchell, a neuroscientist himself, joins Vasant Dhar in episode 80 of Brave New World to unpack his argument for the existence of free will.

Useful resources
1. Kevin Mitchell on Amazon, TwitterTrinity CollegeGoogle Scholar,


Mar 7, 2024

Artificial intelligence is transforming society. And therefore politics. Arthur Spirling joins Vasant Dhar in episode 79 of Brave New World to share his insights from his twin fields of data science and political science.

Useful resources:
1. Arthur Spirling at PrincetonTwitterLinkedInGoogle Scholar and his own...


Feb 22, 2024

How can we use the insights of behavioral economics to make the world a better place? David Halpern joins Vasant Dhar in episode 78 of Brave New World to share his learnings from running the Behavioral Insight Team for the British government.

Useful resources:
1. David Halpern on Wikipedia and the Behavioural Insights...