Are Our Screens ‘Blue Lighting’ Us?
Aza Raskin from the Center of Human Technology speaks with Laurie Segall on the First Contact podcast about a new era of empathetic humans and how they could be used to attack human connections. Continue reading Are Our Screens ‘Blue Lighting’ Us?
Episode 4: Tech’s Next Threat: The Weaponization of Loneliness
Could tech’s next threat be a bot that breaks your heart? What happens when human empathy becomes hackable? Welcome to tech’s future dystopia. It’s not as far off as you think. We are entering a Synthetic Valley where the lines between what’s real and fake are blurring. Aza Raskin from the Center of Humane Technology says the weaponization of loneliness is the greatest threat to … Continue reading Episode 4: Tech’s Next Threat: The Weaponization of Loneliness
WhatsApp Cofounder on Calls to Break up Big Tech
WhatsApp Cofounder on Why Privacy is the Future of Tech
WhatsApp Cofounder Says Encryption is Solution to Tech’s Trust Problem
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton says he hopes his work at privacy non-profit Signal Foundation will help usher in a new era of free expression. Acton speaks openly about how users should navigate privacy in a tech era where trust has been tarnished, and responds to calls to break up big tech. Continue reading WhatsApp Cofounder Says Encryption is Solution to Tech’s Trust Problem
WhatsApp Cofounder Responds to Sen. Warren’s Calls to Break up Facebook
Read an edited transcript below, or listen to the full interview on the First Contact podcast. No one’s pointing a gun to your head and saying, you must use WhatsApp or Facebook or whatever. I mean, there are choices. Laurie Segall: There’s this narrative right now, especially playing out politically where all these tech companies are under fire. Do you think that tech companies have too … Continue reading WhatsApp Cofounder Responds to Sen. Warren’s Calls to Break up Facebook
Bots to Date: The Future is Complicated
Updating our relationship status with tech to “it’s complicated;” In the future, bots might replace humans on the dating apps. Continue reading Bots to Date: The Future is Complicated
Hinge Founder on the Roller Coaster of Success: Depression, Shock Waves and Coping with Uncertainty
In 2015, Justin McLeod rebooted his dating app Hinge with an uncertain outcome. Here’s how he coped. Continue reading Hinge Founder on the Roller Coaster of Success: Depression, Shock Waves and Coping with Uncertainty
Hinge Founder Doesn’t Believe in “The One”
Hinge CEO Justin McLeod opens up about his own love story with wife, Kate and why his views on “the one” evolved. Continue reading Hinge Founder Doesn’t Believe in “The One”
Episode 3: WhatsApp Cofounder on Walking Away from Facebook and Why Privacy is the Future
In an exclusive interview, WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton opens up about walking away from more than $850 million dollars at Facebook, and why with all the money in the world he’s betting on privacy. In this candid interview, Brian says he hopes his work at privacy non-profit Signal Foundation will help usher in a new era of free expression. Acton speaks openly about how users should navigate privacy in a tech era where trust has been tarnished, and responds to calls to break up big tech. The notoriously private founder also speaks about his upbringing – from “shoveling shit” far from the Silicon Valley promised land, Acton explains how growing up doing the “non sexy’ jobs led him to success, and why time is his most valued asset. First Contact explores the complicated dynamics of money and happiness, privacy and protection, and the pursuit of free expression in a world where our data has become currency. Continue reading Episode 3: WhatsApp Cofounder on Walking Away from Facebook and Why Privacy is the Future