author’s note: This is the final segment of Techonomics. It’s been three years of discovery and I’m so grateful for it. One of the silver threads of coverage for us has been gender diversity in tech companies. There is a ton of work left to… Read More »Last Tango In Cyberspace with Steven Kotler Part 1
Software may well in fact eat the world, but somebody has to write it first. All that software code comes from fallible, flawed humans. We’ve talked about biases in coding and algorithms several times on this show. We use software nearly every instant we’re awake,… Read More »Software Coders Define Our World … Is That OK? with Clive Thompson Part 1
This week’s introduction is of the ‘where do I start’ variety. Silicon Valley staple. Agile and accomplished consultant and corporate evangelist. Legacy employee of Steve Jobs’ Macintosh project. Person of values, morals and so very many entertaining stories from his life. Guy Kawasaki has been… Read More »Wise Guy: Life Lessons with Guy Kawasaki Part 1
Book titles can be a lot of things: tantalizing, funny and punny, cryptic … and sometimes a book titles is just perfectly placed aside its content. The book is “Undaunted” and it is the true-life story of being left for dead after five bullet wounds,… Read More »From Jonestown Massacre to #MeToo: Undaunted with Jackie Speier
When it comes to Silicon Valley and the modern way we use new technology, it’s more than a little helpful to ask: How did we get here? We’ve had the internet for about 50 years. The world wide web for ~30 years. This week on… Read More »How Did We End Up with the Internet We Have? with Brian McCullough
It’s mid-December – dipping temperatures, holiday shopping – and two months until pitchers and catchers report for MLB’s spring training. Baseball fans call it the Hot Stove season. It’s when teams retool their rosters for the coming baseball season. It’s when trades are made and… Read More »Fight Offseason Blues with Rob Neyer
Tech Policy, from the think tank to the floor of Congress. Ro Khanna is the US Representative for California’s District 17 – Silicon Valley. We discuss Net Neutrality, young voters, and bringing the government into the 21st century. Links:
Net Neutrality is a hot button that is supposed to work to bring younger voters to the polls. But it’s not the only issue people making tech policy have to face. We talk to Dr. Roslyn Layton, a tech policy expert from the American Enterprise… Read More »I’m Bringing Tech-Policy Back! Yeah! with Dr. Roslyn Layton
The label VC is thrown around a lot, but do you actually know what a venture capitalist does? We find out the process of getting that sweet, sweet VC funding, how competitive it is, and what entrepreneurs have to do with it from EY US… Read More »Venture Capital 101 with Jeff Grabow
Sounds like Sci-Fi, but it could be Sci-Fact. Professor Michio Kaku schools us on string theory, the future of space travel, and how humanity could become immortal – and it all sounds a lot like the TV shows we’re binging these days. His new book… Read More »Space Travel and Immortality with Michio Kaku
