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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-vczqf-136a961 This week, I turn my mic over to a guest host, for an interview with Dr. Jared Roach about the growing field of systems biology, an interdisciplinary field of study taking over the biological sciences, focused on complex interactions within biological systems. How can we update the study of biology for the 21st century?…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-3qzkh-1360b2f In this week’s “22 Lessons on Ethics and Technology” special series, I sit down with Dr. Evelynn Hammonds to talk about how race and gender have shaped the histories of science, medicine, and technological development. We explore the divisions between investigations of gender within scientific and technological inquiry, and race within these same fields.…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4dfqv-132b5af This week, we continue our “22 Lessons on Ethics and Technology series” with a conversation with Dr. John Basl about how our relationship with tech is changing what he calls an “ethic of life, an ethical perspective on which all living things deserve some level of moral concern. Professor Basl is an associate professor…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-fxapt-131995b In this episode of “Technically Human,” I host Chris Leong and Maria Santacaterina for a conversation about the growing pervasiveness of sociotechnical systems. You may not know the term “sociotechnical system,” but if you’ve booked a flight online, tried to reach an agent on the DMV’s hotline, or  tried to contact your congressperson, you…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ki694-130ff10 Welcome to another interview in the “22 Lessons in Ethics and Technology” series! In this episode, I speak with Dr. Pavel Cenkl, about the need for intellectual diversity and multidimensional approaches to technological solutions to the major problems of our time. Professor Cenkl discusses how the major problems we face require that we bring…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ki694-130ff10 Welcome to another interview in the “22 Lessons in Ethics and Technology” series! In this episode, I speak with Dr. Pavel Cenkl, about the need for intellectual diversity and multidimensional approaches to technological solutions to the major problems of our time. Professor Cenkl discusses how the major problems we face require that we bring…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-shj6z-1304d9d Welcome to our 3rd episode of the “22 Lessons on Ethical Technology” series! We will be releasing new episodes in the series every first and second Friday of the month through the duration of the series. In this episode, I sit down with Dr. N. Kate Hayles, one of the founding theorists of posthumanism,…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-tyv62-12f5211 In this episode of “Technically Human,” I give my mic over to two guest hosts, David Geitner and Roman Rosser, to interview Dr. Robert Pearl about the intersection between tech, medicine, and our health. Dr. Pearl answers questions about the way that technologies are radically reshaping health care; the hosts ask questions about bias…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-5a8d9-12f1e90 In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Michael Huth to talk about the ethics of data collection, privacy, and the new age of “privacism.” We talk about his new platform, Xayn, we discuss what it looks like to build a company based on ethical principles like privacy and user autonomy, and Michael explains…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xu5a8-12e9096 Welcome to our 2nd episode of the “22 Lessons on Ethical Technology” series! In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Mark Coeckelbergh, one of the world’s leading experts on ethics and technology, in particular robotics and artificial intelligence. We talk about the way that technologies are changing our understanding of ethics and philosophical…