Nebraska Governance and Technology Center: Recent Episodes
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In the final episode of Tech Refactored, Gus looks back on some of the staff's favorite episodes and interviews. Until next time, there is never enough time.
Brian Christian is the author of The Most Human Human, which was named a Wall Street Journal bestseller, a New York Times Editors’ Choice, and a New Yorker favorite book of the year. He is the author, with Tom Griffiths, of Algorithms to Live By, a #1 Audible bestseller, Amazon best science book of the year and MIT Technology Review best book of the year.
His third book, The Alignment Problem, has just been published in the US and is forthcoming in the UK and in translation in 2021.
The Nebraska Governance and Technology Center host author Virginia Postrel to talk about her book, The Fabric of Civilization, as part of its Spring Lecture Series.
The Nebraska Governance and Technology Center host professor Joshua Tucker to talk about social media and democracy, as part of its Spring Lecture Series. Josh Tucker discusses the book, "Social Media & Democracy," which he co-edited with Nathaniel Persily.
The Nebraska Governance and Technology Center host economist Lynne Kiesling to talk about the Economy of Technology, as part of its Spring Lecture Series. Lynne Kiesling is a Visiting Associate Professor in the department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. Most recently, Lynne was a Visiting Associate Professor in Economics at Purdue University, and the Associate Director of the Purdue University Research Center in Economics. Prior to that, Lynne was an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Economics at Northwestern University, where she was also a Faculty Affiliate and Director of the Electricity Policy Program in the Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth.
What are the economic effects of municipal broadband? | The Digital Divide Series for Tech Refactored++ description: "In this roundtable session Sarah Oh discusses her paper, "What are the economic effects of municipal broadband?" which investigates whether municipal broadband networks increase broadband adoption and create jobs. Roundtable participants include Angela Hollman, Tim Obermier, David Reed, Matt Larsen, Michael Kotrous, Brent Skorup, Brian Whitacre, Roberto Gallardo, and Will Rinehart. Please note, due to some errors in recording during the roundtable this episode has some audio infrequencies.
This episode of the Digital Divide Tech Refactored++ series features Michael Kotrous and Brent Skorup, discussing their paper on the effect of the FCC’s high cost fund. Roundtable participants include Sarah Oh, Angela Hollman, Tim Obermier, Michael Kotrous, Brent Skorup, Brian Whitacre, Roberto Gallardo, and Will Rinehart.
In this roundtable session Brian Whitacre and Roberto Gallardo discuss their paper, "State broadband policy: Impacts on availability.” Roundtable participants include Sarah Oh, Angela Hollman, Tim Obermier, Michael Kotrous, Brent Skorup, Matt Larsen, David Reed, and Will Rinehart.
These sessions are highly technical, and the conversation is specific to the research projects being presented. Another upcoming episode will bring guests together to discuss the Digital Divide more generally in America. The rural digital divide is one of the most pressing, and difficult to solve, public policy issues in America today. Our Center’s ongoing work brings together experts from around the country that have been involved in digital divide policy, to discuss the challenges and potential solutions to this problem. Last spring we supported several research projects that were ultimately delayed by COVID-19. Instead of the roundtable discussion we planned to hold together in person last April, we met virtually this October and that session has been cut down for this podcast. The Digital Divide series of Tech Refactored episodes will share those discussions with the world, starting with a research team from right here in Nebraska. These episodes will include short presentations from the authors and Q&A from the other project authors. In this roundtable session David Reed and Matt Larsen discuss their project, " Cost of Broadband in Rural America: Case Study of “Best-Fit” Broadband.” Roundtable participants include Sarah Oh, Angela Hollman, Tim Obermier, Michael Kotrous, Brent Skorup, Brian Whitacre, Roberto Gallardo, and Will Rinehart.
These sessions are highly technical and the conversation is specific to the research projects being presented. Another upcoming episode will bring guests together to discuss the Digital Divide more generally in America.
The rural digital divide is one of the most pressing, and difficult to solve, public policy issues in America today. Our Center’s ongoing work brings together experts from around the country that have been involved in digital divide policy, to discuss the challenges and potential solutions to this problem. Last spring we supported several research projects that were ultimately delayed by COVID-19. Instead of the roundtable discussion we planned to hold together in person last April, we met virtually this October and that session has been cut down for this podcast. The Digital Divide series of Tech Refactored episodes will share those discussions with the world, starting with a research team from right here in Nebraska. These episodes will include short presentations from the authors and Q&A from the other project authors.
In this roundtable session Tim Obermier and Angela Hollman discuss their project, "Rural Measures: Visualizing the Rural-Urban Digital Divide" and gathering data directly from households to measure internet use in central Nebraska.
Roundtable participants include Sarah Oh, Matt Larsen, David Reed, Michael Kotrous, Brent Skorup, Brian Whitacre, Roberto Gallardo, and Will Rinehart.