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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-fayvm-12dc472 Welcome to our very first episode of the “22 Lessons on Ethical Technology” series!   In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Herman Tavani to introduce some of the foundational principles of ethical technology, particularly in computing and digital contexts. We focus on how the current need for an ethics of technology developed,…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ure33-12d4f4b In this episode of “Technically Human,” I interview Gary Bengier, the author of the award-winning science fiction novel, Unfettered Journey. We talk about the relationship between his prior work as a technologist, and his current career as a writer of science fiction; we talk about the relationship between technology, philosophy, and science fiction; and…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-5gx85-12c998b Welcome back to a new season of “Technically Human!” To kick off the year, I wanted to start out with a topic that has been coming up for me increasingly as I talk to people in Silicon Valley: free will.   OK, so I know it might seem a bit odd for a show…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-733rx-12ba578 Hey Technically Human listeners! We’re very excited to introduce a special series of episodes that we’ll run throughout the year—“22 Lessons on Ethical Technology for the 21st Century.” The series features 22 of the most important thinkers at the intersection of tech, ethics, and human values, from around the world. In the series, I…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9f665-1261233 **RE-RELEASE** Ok, ok ok. So I know I said that we weren’t releasing episodes until September. But this week, we learned that one of our previous guests, Steven Olikara, former Millennial Action Project CEO and current candidate for US Senate, just got one step closer to winning his bid to become the Democratic Party’s…

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…