Innovation Overground: Truth (232)

Innovation Overground

Even as we drown in more and more information we grow more and more uncertain about what’s true. The Overground takes a turn for the morally ambiguous as they discuss how human technology has made it harder to know what to believe. University innovation to the rescue? University innovation is, um, reading the text messages, ahem, between patients and... uh... their therapists. Which, could have some beneficial impact, right? Also, Tyler talks about the ethical dilemma of information technology. Featured Technologies: 21 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38820046-21-lessons-for-the-21st-century; https://patents.google.com/patent/US20170323065A1/en?oq=15%2f524%2c756; Tech is downgrading humans: https://www.wired.com/story/tristan-harris-tech-is-downgrading-humans-time-to-fight-back/; Center for Humane Tech: https://humanetech.com/ Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/