Author: DebDonig

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-j6zfm-123c5c5 For our last episode of the season, I sit down with Rebekah Tweed to talk about the topic that has animated my research for the past year: The future of what I have been calling the new profession of ethical technology. As listeners may know, for the past year I have led a team…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-maka3-12365c9 In this episode, I talk to Dr. John Cooley, CEO of Nanoramic Laboratories, a company reinventing the transportation industry with new battery technologies to replace fossil fuel consumption in our car economy. We talk about the relationship between ethical innovation and financial success, the state of the auto industry’s transition to battery power, the…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-b7wcf-122a9b3 This week, I’ll turn the mic over to two guest hosts, for a conversation about mental health and technology with Dr. Elizabeth Barrett, licensed family-marriage counselor, author, and Cal Poly professor. Cal Poly “Technically Human” students Katelyn Travis and Katrina Loye interview Dr. Barrett to discuss the modern implications of digital technologies for family…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-rrdci-1225604 In this episode, we take a deep dive into the technology of “Clean Meat,” with Paul Shapiro. We talk about the ethics of eating non-human animals, the technological history that led to factory farming and the technology that is allowing human animals to eat meat, in what we might call the “Clean Meat” revolution–a…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-s747p-1216e43 This week’s episode is the second episode of a 2 part series of Technically Human. Over the next two episodes, I speak with six women/nonbinary/trans individuals about their experiences transitioning into the tech industry after leaving established careers. They share their stories about what led them to decide to leave their established careers and…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-97tkt-1213dca This week’s episode is the first of a 2 part series of Technically Human. Over the next two episodes, I speak with six women/nonbinary/trans individuals about their experiences transitioning into the tech industry after leaving established careers. They share their stories about what led them to decide to leave their established careers and retrain…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-39aud-12092d0 In this episode of “Technically Human” I talk to Dov Maisel, the cofounder of United Hatzalah, an organization that leverages technologies to provide disaster relief around the world when crisis strikes—in Haiti, Florida, Nepal, Israel, and right now, in the devastating war in Ukraine. We talk about United Hatzalah’s ethic of providing free emergency…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-trwbc-11fdaff In this episode, I interview Prateek Joshi, Founder and CEO of Plutoshift. We talk about the importance of local and cultural knowledge in a global tech economy, the ethical obligations of technological producers in the West to technological development in developing countries, and how AI transforming the landscape of the developing world. Prateek Joshi…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-zijgz-11f2efe In this episode, Dr. Pallavi Banerjee joins me to talk about her new book, The Opportunity Trap: High-Skilled Workers, Indian Families and the Failures of Dependent-Visa Program. We talk about the role of immigrants in American tech culture, the challenges that immigrants coming to the U.S. to work face in the immigration process, and…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-5uhcg-11e75c9 We are back, with another season of “Technically Human.” For our first episode of the season, we’re bringing you a conversation with Dr. Steven Kelts. We talk about corporate ethics, we debate the role of values in tech culture, and Steven plays “optimistic cop” to my “cynical cop,” to argue that he’s hopeful for,…