Return of the Cyborgs

by Mary Harrington

A newly-influential strand of feminism aims to free us from the inconvenience of embodiment. Continue Reading »

11 Jan 2022

Huawei and China's Tech Domination

by Mark Bauerlein

Jonathan Pelson joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Wireless Wars: China's Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We're Fighting Back. Continue Reading »

24 Dec 2021

Jordan Peterson and God

by Mark Bauerlein

Christopher Kaczor joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity: The Search for a Meaningful Life. Continue Reading »

29 Nov 2021

Into the Metaverse

by Samuel D. James

For nearly a decade, Facebook has been shifting the company away from an ethos of connecting real people and toward a kind of permanent digital habitation, the contraction of life so as to fit inside algorithms.  Continue Reading »

16 Nov 2021

Tech Pluralism

by Nathan S. Chapman

Social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are virtual public squares, allowing individuals to communicate their views to wide audiences. At first, these platforms avoided regulating user-created content. But pressure from politicians, activist corporations, and users . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2021

Parenting in a Digital World

by Mark Bauerlein

Sean Clifford joins the podcast to discuss the pornography problem and his company's digital parenting software called Canopy. Continue Reading »

13 Sep 2021

When the TV Turns Off

by Cassandra Nelson

To say that Don DeLillo dislikes television would be an understatement. He actually seems to think it’s imperiling our souls. DeLillo’s novel White Noise—which won the National Book Award in 1985 and secured his reputation as one of the best contemporary American writers—was . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2021

The Threat of Artificial Intelligence

by Ned Desmond

The technologies referred to as “artificial intelligence” or “AI” are more momentous than most people realize. Their impact will be at least equal to, and may well exceed, that of electricity, the computer, and the internet. What’s more, their impact will be massive and rapid, faster than . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2021

Turning People Into Products

by Daniel Frost and Hal Boyd

IVG would encourage us to treat human beings not as persons, but as made-to-order products. Continue Reading »

8 Oct 2020

The Problem With Online Learning

by Mark Bauerlein

Academic content is now implicated in a technology that youths have been primed to use, interpret, and value for different purposes. Continue Reading »

27 Jul 2020