S5-E7: Tech News Roundup with Andrew Maynard: Your Face Is a Weapon, Google Employees Love Bernie/Warren, New Bill on Tech Addiction and Turning Children Into Cyborgs

“I want to empower every day people to be empowered to have conversations about the technology that affecting their life and the ability to both ask good questions and get good answers so we get to the point where, collectively, we begin to build technologies we want. ” — Dr. Andrew Maynard

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Charlie is thrilled to welcome Dr. Andrew Maynard (former physicist, professor in the Arizona State University School for the Future of Innovation in Society, leading expert in the responsible development of emerging and converging technologies, and Tech 2025 advisor) for our very first tech news roundup episode where we recap the news on the implementation and impact of emerging technologies (the good, the bad, and the ugly!).

Breakdown:

• Upcoming events announcements including our next event, Prototyping the Future: Technologies Driving Disruption in New York’s Manufacturing & Supply Chain Ecosystem (August 14, 6-8pm), and Return on Creativity, Return on the Future” (Friday August 16, Arlington, VA) where Charlie will be speaking on consumer experience and marketing;
• Charlie briefly interviews Andrew about his upcoming book, what he’s learned about writing a book and engaging the public in discourse on the ethics of tech. Andrew also discusses his upcoming book.
• News Roundup! Charlie and Andrew discuss five news items that everyone is talking about and give their feedback (the good, the bad, and the ugly);
• They close out the show by each giving their suggestion for an “under the radar” story that we should be keeping an eye on in the coming week.

 

News Stories Discussed:

1. In Hong Kong Protests, Faces Become Weapons (New York Times)
2. Why I’m turning my son into a cyborg (Quartz)
3. Cambridge Analytica made “ethical mistakes” because it was too focused on regulation, former COO says (Vox)
4. Why Google employees are donating to Warren and Sanders — presidential candidates who want to break up Google (Vox) and Why 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang doesn’t want to break up Google (Recode)
5. New bill would ban autoplay videos and endless scrolling in  (The Verge)

Under the Radar Stories:

1. Suggested by Andrew: Sorry, scooters aren’t so climate-friendly after all (Technology Review)
2. Top Secret Military-Grade Surveillance Drones Might Be Coming To Your Neighborhood (Observer)

ABOUT DR. ANDREW MAYNARD

Andrew Maynard is a former physicist, a professor in the Arizona State University School for the Future of Innovation in Society, and leading expert in the responsible development of emerging and converging technologies. For over twenty years he has worked closely with experts and thought leaders from around the world on the challenges and opportunities presented by technologies ranging from nanotechnology and synthetic biology to geoengineering and artificial intelligence. Andrew’s a sought-out speaker and commentator on emerging and converging technologies, and writes regularly about science and technology for popular audiences. His work has appeared on platforms ranging from Popular Science and Scientific American, to Slate, Salon, and Huffington Post. He also writes the blog 2020 Science, and produces the YouTube channel Risk Bites. He is @2020science on Twitter.

Wearing his academic hat, Andrew directs of the ASU Risk Innovation Lab, and chairs the ASU Master of Science and Technology Policy program. He is widely published in the academic literature, including in leading journals such as Nature, and is internationally recognized for his work on the risks and benefits of nanotechnology. He has testified before congressional committees on a number of occasions, and served on various National Academy of Sciences committees. Andrew is actively involved with the World Economic Forum, and previously chaired the Global Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies. He has a PhD in Physics from the University of Cambridge in the UK.

Connect with Andrew:

• Andrew’s profile page at ASU
• Risk Innovation Lab
• ORCID (papers)
• Google Scholar
• Academic Curriculum Vitae
• Articles on The Conversaton
• YouTube (Risk Bites)
• YouTube (Science Showcase)
• 2020 Science
• LinkedIn
• Facebook
• Twitter (@2020science)
• School for the Future of Innovation in Society

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