Future Out Loud podcast: Recent Episodes
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Science, technology, and policy chat from the School for the Future of Innovation at Arizona State University. Copyright © 2016 Arizona Board of Regents
Estonian cybersecurity expert Liisa Past joins Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about Estonia's digital election system, iVoting, and what happened when Estonia found a vulnerability in the firmware that supports its entire digital identity infrastructure -- right before an election!
Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross are joined by Kelly Greene of the Arizona SciTech Institute (scitechinstitute.org) and former Chief Science Officer Dominique Browning (www.chiefscienceofficers.org) to talk about elections from the perspective of the next generation.
Sandy Maisel from Colby College and The Committee for Ranked Choice Voting joins Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about the initiative to bring ranked choice voting to Maine elections and the RCV experience in the 2018 election cycle.
The Future Out Loud election miniseries continues with episode 3 on election security. Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes and cybersecurity researcher Adam Doupé join Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to discuss the challenges of safe and secure election administration.
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs joins Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about some of the challenges and opportunities to ensure fairness, justice, and robust citizen participation in voting and elections.
Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross launch the new format for Future Out Loud with a podcast miniseries on elections! This introductory episode is the first of a 5-part miniseries.
Eavesdrop on Andrew Maynard's December 2018 book signing event at Changing Hands Bookstore . Andrew and Heather discuss Andrew's book: Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies. The discussion ranges from Jurassic Park and Ex Machina to Never Let Me Go and Ghost in the Shell. Learn more about the book and Changing Hands Bookstore at https://www.changinghands.com/book/9781633539075
Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross discuss the November 8, 2018 New York Times interview with Google CEO Sundar Pichai. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/business/sundar-pichai-google-corner-office.html
Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross discuss the policy, public health, innovation, and future technology implications of 3D printing of firearms.
In the 3rd installment of this series from the Governance of Emerging Technologies Symposium at the ASU Sandra Day O'Connor School of Law, Erica Kochi joined Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about her work with UNICEF Innovation and the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Human Rights.
Erica Co-Leads UNICEF's Innovation Unit. In 2013, she was chosen by Time Magazine to be on the Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world
LINKS
UNICEF Innovation: https://www.unicef.org/innovation/
World Economic Forum Global Future Council on the Future of Human Rights: https://www.weforum.org/communities/the-future-of-human-rights
Governance of Emerging Technologies and Science conference: events.asucollegeoflaw.com/gets/
Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross chat with Gillian Hadfield at the 2018 Governance of Emerging Technologies and Science conference. Gillian is professor of USC's Gould School of Law and author of Rules for a Flat World: Why Humans Invented Law and How to Reinvent It for a Complex Global Economy.
LINKS
Gillian Hadfield: https://weblaw.usc.edu/faculty/?id=220
Governance of Emerging Technologies and Science conference: events.asucollegeoflaw.com/gets/
Rules for a Flat World: Why Humans Invented Law and How to Reinvent It for a Complex Global Economy: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/rules-for-a-flat-world-9780199916528?cc=gb⟨=en&
Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross talk with senior researcher and DIY Bio expert Dr. Todd Kuiken at the 2018 Governance of Emerging Technologies and Science conference, about the present and future of DIY bio communities in the U.S. and worldwide.
LINKS Todd Kuiken: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Todd_Kuiken2 Governance of Emerging Technologies and Science conference: http://events.asucollegeoflaw.com/gets/ DIY Bio: http://diybio.org/
Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross discuss the March 2018 pedestrian death involving an autonomous vehicle in Tempe, Arizona.
Former Ford scientist and current energy sustainability researcher Mike Tamor joins Heather Ross to talk about current and future economic and policy challenges associated with local, state, and national energy systems.
ASU alumnus Neel Mehta joins us to discuss EpiFinder, a novel biomedical informatics technology for patients and healthcare providers that helps improve diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. Neel is Epifinder's Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer. epifinder.com
Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross are joined by former NCAA track athlete Sarah Geren to talk about gene editing and the future of sports. Andrew is working on a project on this topic with seed funding from the ASU Global Sport Institute (https://global.asu.edu/global-sport-institute).
Somatic practitioners Rich Goldsand (www.feldenkrais-goldsand.net) and Jessica Rajko (www.jessicarajko.com) join Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about the limits and possibilities of wearable sensors for improving how we feel.
Center for Science and the Imagination's Ed Finn and Toronto-based science fiction author Madeline Ashby join Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to discuss their new book of technologically-grounded space-based science fiction: Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities: A Collection of Space Futures.
Cybersecurity expert Yan Shoshitaishvili joins Heather Ross to talk about the cybersecurity and social implications of the FCC's December 2017 decision to eliminate net neutrality regulations.
Astrophysicist and award winning science fiction author Greg Benford sat down with Andrew Maynard during a recent trip to ASU for the Beyond Festival.
Rebroadcast of our 2016 episode: Have Yourself a Cybersecure Holiday. Cybersecurity expert Adam Doupé and Heather Ross discuss ways to give your friends and loved ones the gift of cybersecurity for the holiday season. Special shout-outs to Future Out Loud co-host Andrew Maynard and cybersecurity expert Jamie Winterton who weren't able to join us for this podcast recording, but inspired the initial broadcast and rebroadcast for 2017. Have a very happy and Cybersecure holiday season, everyone!
Artist and game designer Ken Eklund (writerguy.com, @writerguygames) joins Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about his work as a game creator and visiting artist at Arizona State University.
This is the third of a special 3-episode series for the 2017 Disruptive Innovation Festival. Hathority (hathority.com) principals Vishwam Annam, Philip Bernick, and Rhonda Steele talk with Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross about Hathority's IoT tech approach to community engagement to reduce municipal landfill waste. Hathority is part of the Resource Innovation and Solutions Network (RISN) Incubator, a collaboration between Arizona State University and the City of Phoenix.
This is the second of a special 3-episode series for the 2017 Disruptive Innovation Festival. Renewlogy (renewology.com) founder and CEO Priyanka Bakaya talks with Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross about Renewlogy's groundbreaking technology to return plastic to a fuel state to reduce the amount of plastics going to landfills using a circular economy approach. Renewlogy is part of the Resource Innovation and Solutions Network (RISN) Incubator, a collaboration between Arizona State University and the City of Phoenix.
This is the first of a special 3-episode series for the 2017 Disruptive Innovation Festival. Waste management entrepreneur Saiman Shetty of Hygiea (hygiea.tech) talks with Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross about how Hygiea is revolutionizing the ways that we deal with solid waste to cut down on landfill and better feed the circular economy. Hygiea is part of the Resource Innovation and Solutions Network (RISN) Incubator, a collaboration between Arizona State University and the City of Phoenix.
Puerto Rican energy researchers Marla Perez Lugo and Cecilio Ortiz Garcia join Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about their ongoing research and plans to rebuild and modernize the energy grid in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.
Dublin City University language technology and translation scholar Sharon O'Brien joins Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about machine translation and the future of language work and technologies.
Cybersecurity experts Yan Shoshitaishvili and Adam Doupé talk with Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross about the DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge.
NPR's Richard Harris joins Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about his new book Rigor Mortis: How Sloppy Science Creates Worthless Cures, Crushes Hope, and Wastes Billions.
Future Out Loud heads out on the town for a live podcast recording as part of the Center for Science and the Imagination TV Dinner series. Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross joined CSI's Joey Eschrich to discuss Fringe, season 1 episode 9: "Dreamscape."
Bioethics researcher Emma Frow returns to the podcast to update Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross on recent letters from the FDA to stem cell clinics, and hints of a future policy statement.
Philosopher-ethicist Jai Galliott and cybersecurity-engineer-computer scientist Benjamin Turnbull from the University of New South Wales join Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about human-robot trust and autonomous systems.
Cybersecurity expert Adam Doupé and biotechnology policy expert Anna Muldoon join Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about new research from the University of Washington that used synthesized DNA to hack into DNA processing computer systems.
Security and sustainability scholar Wes Herche returns to Future Out Loud to talk with Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross about energy transitions and photovoltaic technology.
Show Notes • Wes Herche at ASU: https://schoolofsustainability.asu.edu/person/wesley-herche/ • Follow Wes Herche on Twitter @WesHerche. • Read Dr. Hersche's Dissertation “Policy, Geospatial, and Market Factors in Solar Energy: a Gestalt Approach”: https://repository.asu.edu/items/45038 • Power Purchase Agreements: https://www.epa.gov/greenpower/solar-power-purchase-agreements
School is back and session and so is Future Out Loud! Just in time for the total eclipse, security and sustainability scholar Wes Herche joins Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about the present and future of solar energy and photovoltaic technology.
Show Notes • Wes Herche at ASU: https://schoolofsustainability.asu.edu/person/wesley-herche/ • Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability: https://sustainability.asu.edu • Read Dr. Hersche's dissertation "Policy, Geospatial, and Market Factors in Solar Energy: a Gestalt Approach": https://repository.asu.edu/items/45038 • Dark Energy: https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-is-dark-energy • Renewable Portfolio Standards: https://emp.lbl.gov/projects/renewables-portfolio/
Cybersecurity experts Adam Doupé and Jamie Winterton join Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about the national security implications of international cybersecurity collaboration.
Show Notes • Adam Doupé: https://adamdoupe.com • Follow Adam Doupé on Twitter @adamdoupe. • Follow Jamie Winterton on Twitter @j_winterton.
Indigenous studies scholar Marisa Duarte joins Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about her new book - Network Sovereignty: Building the Internet Across Indian Country.
• Marisa Duarte: http://marisaduarte.net • Human Security Collaboratory: https://www.hscollab.org • Buy Marisa Duarte's book "Network Sovereignty: Building the Internet Across Indian Country" on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Network-Sovereignty-Building-Indigenous-Confluences/dp/0295741821 • Buy Zoltán Grossman's book "Unlikely Alliances: Native Nations and White Communities Join to Defend Rural Lands" on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Unlikely-Alliances-Communities-Indigenous-Confluences/dp/029574152X • Pascua Yaqui Tribe: http://www.pascuayaqui-nsn.gov
Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross talk about Elon Musk's new Boring company and the importance of "boring" research and development. Before the Future Out Loud podcast heads out for vacation in the month of June, Andrew and Heather preview some things to come in the later Summer and Fall. www.futureoutloud.org
Show Notes • Follow Elon Musk on Twitter @elonmusk. • The Boring Company: https://www.boringcompany.com • SpaceX's Hyperloop Alpha: http://www.spacex.com/hyperloopalpha
AI Ethicist Heather Roff joins Heather Ross and Adam Doupé to talk about the future of artificial intelligence and autonomous weapons systems. Heather Roff is a Research Scientist at ASU's Global Security Initiative, and a Senior Research Fellow at Oxford, Cambridge, and New America. Future Out Loud's new website: https://futureoutloud.org .
Show Notes • Follow Heather Roff on Twitter @Hmroff. • Global Security Initiative at ASU: https://globalsecurity.asu.edu • More about the WannaCry ransomware attack: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/15/528451534/wannacry-ransomware-what-we-know-monday • More about Software Patches and OS Updates: https://ist.mit.edu/security/patches • DeepMind Health: https://deepmind.com/applied/deepmind-health/
Dancer, choreographer, and somatic practitioner Jessica Rajko (www.jessicarajko.com) talks with Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross about her recent installations exploring data, privacy, and quantified self.
Show Notes • Jessica Rajko: https://jessicarajko.com • Vibrant Lives: http://www.jessicarajko.com/vibrant-lives-and-archives/ • Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts: https://herbergerinstitute.asu.edu
Andrew Maynard tells Heather Ross about his recent ride in a level 4 fully autonomous vehicle.
Global security expert Nadya Bliss tells Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross why a security focus is critical for innovation research.
Show Notes •Nadya’s profile with Global Security Initiative: https://globalsecurity.asu.edu/sites/default/files/files/BlissBio_short.pdf •Global Security Initiative at ASU: https://globalsecurity.asu.edu/ •Internet History Timeline: ARPANET to the World Wide Web: http://www.livescience.com/20727-internet-history.html •Heilmeier’s Catechism: http://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~ddahlstr/misc/heilmeier.html
Cybersecurity expert Adam Doupé returns to talk with Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross about cybersecurity, medical devices, and the FDA.
Show Notes •Guest Adam Doupé: https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/2412296 •FDA finds cybersecurity threats in St. Jude medical devices: http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20170109/NEWS/170109915 •FDA joins investigation into security of St. medical devices: http://www.startribune.com/st-jude-medical-sharply-criticizes-short-seller-s-attack-on-its-cybersecurity/391437581/ •Cybersecurity Risks in Medical Devices are Real: https://www.medtechintelligence.com/feature_article/cybersecurity-risks-medical-devices-real/
Jameson Wetmore chats with Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross about the surprisingly long history of autonomous vehicles.
Show Notes •Jamey Wetmore: http://cspo.org/people/wetmore-jameson-m/ •The Original Futurama at 1939 New York World’s Fair: https://www.wired.com/2007/11/ff-futurama-original/ •General Motors and RCA’s electronic highway system: http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Age/ElectronicAge-1960-Autumn.pdf •1991 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, which included money for autonomous vehicles: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/102/hr2950 •Autonomous Intersections: http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/self-driving/the-scary-efficiency-of-autonomous-intersections
Legal expert Diana Bowman chats with Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross about vehicle safety and future driving technologies.
Show Notes •Di Bowman: https://sfis.asu.edu/node/1797 •“Sorry Officer, I Wasn’t Driving—My Car Was” Seminar: http://cspo.org/event/ntsp050917/ •The future of self-driving cars: https://sfis.asu.edu/node/1772 •Uber Redeploys Its Self-Driving Cars After Wreck in Arizona: https://www.wired.com/2017/03/uber-redeploys-self-driving-cars-wreck-arizona/
Intergenerational energy justice scholar Jennifer Richter joins Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about the uncertain and (mostly) silent future of energy.
Show Notes •Jennifer Richter: http://cspo.org/people/richter-jennifer/ •Some information on Winona LaDuke: http://www.honorearth.org/speaking_engagements •Some information on Yucca Mountain: https://www.nei.org/Issues-Policy/Used-Nuclear-Fuel-Management/Disposal-Yucca-Mountain-Repository
Our cybersecurity team of Adam Doupé and Jamie Winterton reunites with Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about the recent WikiLeaks revelations about CIA hacking. Spoiler alert-ish: the cybersecurity community was surprised by only one key detail...listen to find out what it was.
Show Notes •Adam Doupé: https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/2412296 •Jamie Winterton: https://webapp4.asu.edu/directory/person/72212 •Unlocking the Privacy and Security Debate at ASU: https://globalsecurity.asu.edu/events/unlocking-privacy-security-debate •Wikileaks Releases Trove of CIA Hacking Documents: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/world/europe/wikileaks-cia-hacking.html?_r=0 •How To Stop Your Smart TV from Spying on You: https://www.wired.com/2017/02/smart-tv-spying-vizio-settlement/ •How to Disable Your Webcam: https://www.howtogeek.com/210921/how-to-disable-your-webcam-and-why-you-should/
Ed Finn, director of ASU's Center for Science and the Imagination, joins Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about his new book, What Algorithms Want: Imagination in the Age of Computing.
Show Notes •Ed Finn: http://csi.asu.edu/people/ed-finn/ •Center for Science and the Imagination: http://csi.asu.edu/ •What Algorithms Want: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/what-algorithms-want
Engineer Darshan Karwat joins Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about social imperatives for the next generation of engineers and engineering ethics.
Show Notes •Darshan Karwat: https://sfis.asu.edu/node/2094 •Darshan’s Tedx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c4t7SR0PnI •A Community Laboratory for Democratic Infrastructures: https://asuevents.asu.edu/content/symposium-darshan-karwat •Engineering in the 21st Century: http://harvardmagazine.com/2011/09/engineering-in-the-twenty-first-century
Experimental philosopher and artist Jonathon Keats joins Heather Ross to chats about his early days as a future Talmudic scholar and his present day as an experimental philosopher, or practitioner of purposeful purposelessness. Keats describes his latest project, slated for Fall 2017 installation at the Arizona State University Art Gallery, which imagines the future of democracy as a random number generator and philosophical toy.
Show Notes •Emerge Festival at ASU: http://emerge.asu.edu/ •Jonathon Keats on BigThink: http://bigthink.com/experts/jonathonkeats •Jonathon Keats on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathonkeats/#570fb5d97e22 •What If the Majority Freely Votes for Tyranny? http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0327/p20s01-bogn.html
Cybersecurity expert Adam Doupé returns to Future Out Loud to talk with Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross about the growing field of cybersecurity research and the need for a code of ethics to guide the unprecedented work that fills the world of digital security.
Show Notes •Adam Doupé: https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/2412296 •More information on SQL injection vulnerabilities: http://www.acunetix.com/websitesecurity/sql-injection/ •Cyber-security Research Ethics Decision Support Tools: https://www.caida.org/publications/papers/2015/ethics_research_development_creds/ •What is vulnerability disclosure? http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/vulnerability-disclosure •What is a Zero Day vulnerability? http://www.pctools.com/security-news/zero-day-vulnerability/ •More information on botnets: http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/botnet
David Guston chats with Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross about Frankenstein and the 2017 Emerge Festival of Futures (25 February 2017; emerge.asu.edu). They also discuss the great Mel Brooks, and learn why Mary Shelley is an underappreciated futurist and radical youth leader.
Show Notes •Dave Guston, Director of the School for the Future of Innovation in Society: http://cspo.org/people/guston-david/ •The Frankenstein Bicentennial Project at ASU: http://frankenstein.asu.edu/ •Emerge: A Festival of Futures at ASU will take place on Saturday, February 25: http://emerge.asu.edu/ •Learn more about the Scribblebot and the conversation it creates surrounding bioethics: http://cspo.org/teaching-bioethics-with-pool-noodles/ •200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/frankenstein-lives-200-years-later/2016/08/23/e6c572c8-64ad-11e6-96c0-37533479f3f5_story.html?utm_term=.fed56f0e16c8
Laura Hosman joins Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about SolarSPELL: a solar-powered educational learning library that she is deploying in remote Pacific islands in partnership with Peace Corps teachers.
Show Notes •Laura Hosman: https://sfis.asu.edu/node/1810 •Solar Powered Educational Learning Library: http://solarspell.org/ •No internet, no power, no problem: https://sfis.asu.edu/node/1528 •Solar SPELL on Cronkite News: https://ict4dviewsfromthefield.wordpress.com/ •ASU State Press article on Solar SPELL that sparked library collaboration: http://www.statepress.com/article/2016/09/spscience-engineering-solarspell-asu-lab-digital-library
Emma Frow joins Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about the uncharted landscape of unregulated stem cell clinics.
Show Notes •Emma Frow: http://cspo.org/people/frow-emma/ •The FDA has been cracking down on clinics offering stem cell therapies that have not undergone FDA regulation: https://www.statnews.com/2016/02/08/fda-crackdown-stem-cell-clinics/ •Nature Journal took a look at the issue of stem cell regulation last year: http://www.nature.com/news/fda-should-stand-firm-on-stem-cell-treatments-1.20208 •A Cautionary Tale of Stem Cell Tourism: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/23/health/a-cautionary-tale-of-stem-cell-tourism.html?_r=0
Deborah Strumsky joins Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross for a deep dive into the fun and fascinating (yes, really!) world of complex innovation systems economics.
•Deborah Strumsky: https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/2713533 •Deborah Strumsky and José Lobo reflect on dentifying the sources of technological novelty in the process of invention: http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/10.1016/j.respol.2015.05.008 •The siloing of innovation areas is preventing interdisciplinary technologies. Check out Deborah Strumsky’s article, Measuring the Relative Importance of Reusing, Recombining, and Creating Technologies in the Process of Invention: https://www.santafe.edu/research/results/working-papers/measuring-the-relative-importance-of-reusing-recom
Jack Stilgoe joins Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about the present and future of autonomous vehicles.
Show Notes •Jack Stilgoe: http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/about_us/meet_us/jack_stilgoe/ •Experiment Earth: Responsible Innovation in Geoengineering: https://experimentearth.org/author/jackstilgoe/ •Future Out Loud in the Risk Innovation Lab at Arizona State University: https://riskinnovation.asu.edu/futureoutloud/ •Tesla crash report blames human error—this is a missed opportunity: https://www.theguardian.com/science/political-science/2017/jan/21/tesla-crash-report-blames-human-error-this-is-a-missed-opportunity?CMP=share_btn_tw
Clark Miller returns to the Future Out Loud podcast to talk about election systems with Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross.
•Clark Miller: https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/977682 •Check out our podcast page on the School for the Future of Innovation in Society: https://riskinnovation.asu.edu/futurethink-podcast/ •Clark wrote a research article after the 2000 election on the topic of elections as knowledge systems. Check it out here: www.jstor.org.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/stable/4144333 •“Imagined Democracies: Necessary Political Fictions” by Israeli author Professor Yaron Ezrahi was mentioned by Clark in our previous podcast on elections. Find out more about the book and the narrative of politics it proposes here: www.amazon.com/Imagined-Democrac…ons/dp/1107025753 •How Blockchain and Bitcoin Can Prevent a Hacked Election: http://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/interview/how-blockchain-and-bitcoin-can-prevent-a-rigged-election/
Michael Bennett and Lauren Withycombe-Keeler join Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about the American Dream Lab.
•Guests oLauren Wythecombe-Keeler: http://cspo.org/people/keeler-lauren- withycombe/ oMichael Bennett: https://webapp4.asu.edu/directory/person/2003699 •More information on their course, The Future of the American Dream: http://futureoftheamericandream.com/hsd-598-topic-the-future-of-the-american-dream/ •In December, the New York Times wrote about a current economic understanding of how the American Dream has changed over time: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/opinion/the-american-dream-quantified-at-last.html?_r=0
Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross reveal the new podcast name and talk about plans for 2017.
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Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross discuss an online interactive quiz that claims to predict one's likelihood of committing a white-collar crime. Take the Veris Prime test to see (allegedly) if you are a potential white collar criminal here: http://verisbenchmarks.com/
If you haven't seen Minority Report: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minority_Report
Another attempt at using data to predict future crime: https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing
Adam Doupé and Heather Ross discuss how to give the gift of cybersecurity this holiday season to protect your loved ones from the cybersecurity risks that their well-intentioned holiday gifts may incur. Topics cover installing security updates, passwords, password managers, and VPNs.
For your last-minute cybersecurity gifting needs, download our gift certificate coupon sheets at https://riskinnovation.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/FutureThink-2016_Gift_of_Cybersecurity.pdf. (Don't be shy about re-gifting this for Birthdays, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Arbor Day...you get the idea.)
•Internet-connected Hello Barbie doll can be hacked: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3012220/security/internet-connected-hello-barbie-doll-can-be-hacked.html •A password managing app can help you to keep all of your accounts and data secure: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lastpass-password-manager/id324613447?mt=8 •The Google Authenticator app can help you to set up two-factor authentication: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-authenticator/id388497605?mt=8
Camille Nebeker (UCSD Dept. of Family Medicine and Public Health; http://profiles.ucsd.edu/camille.nebeker) joins Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about the CORE Project (thecore-platform.ucsd.edu) and challenges with wearable device research. Please note that this podcast was recorded using Skype, so the sound is a bit different than usual. We were also treated to bird songs in the background at various points during the recording session, reminding us that despite our focus on technology and tech policy, our work still sits amid living nature.
Show Notes •Camille and the Connected and Open Research Ethics (CORE) Project: https://sfis.asu.edu/futurethink/podcast/camille-nebeker-core-project •The CORE Project at UCSD: https://thecore.ucsd.edu/ •Sensecam for Dementia Patients: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/409170/a-camera-to-help-dementia-patients/ •An overview of the IRB: https://researchintegrity.asu.edu/humans •Learn more about the Precision Medicine Initiative: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/01/30/fact-sheet-president-obama-s-precision-medicine-initiative
Britt Crow-Miller joins Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about her work mapping flows of people, resources, power, and other factors related to the Chinese South-North Water Transfer Project. More information at Britt's website: www.bcrowmiller.com
•Britt Crow-Miller: https://sfis.asu.edu/node/1794 •Some information on Britt’s work on the South-North water project: http://www.chinausfocus.com/author/10762/Britt+CrowMiller.html •Sustainability: Transfer project cannot meet China’s water needs: http://www.nature.com/news/sustainability-transfer-project-cannot-meet-china-s-water-needs-1.18792 •Can China’s South-North Water Transfer project and industry coexist?: https://www.thethirdpole.net/2015/10/20/can-chinas-south-north-water-transfer-project-and-industry-co-exist/
Adam Doupé and Jamie Winterton join Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about cybersecurity. They worry about open-source self-driving car kits, admire the emerging cyberwar, and contemplate strategies for family cybersecurity.
•Guests: o Adam Doupe: https://webapp4.asu.edu/directory/person/2412296 o Jamie Winterton: https://webapp4.asu.edu/directory/person/72212 •Check out Arizona State University’s Master’s of Science and Technology Policy program: https://sfis.asu.edu/mstp-welcome •Global Security Initiative at Arizona State University: https://globalsecurity.asu.edu/ •Jamie Winterton, “Don’t Connect to a Public Wi-Fi Network Anywhere You Wouldn’t Go Barefoot”: http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2016/11/02/don_t_connect_to_public_wi_fi_anywhere_you_wouldn_t_go_barefoot.html •Jamie Winterton, “Keeping Grandma and Grandpa Safe Online”: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/08/senior_citizens_aren_t_dumb_for_falling_prey_to_cyberscams.html •Geohot’s Self-Driving Car Cancelled: http://hackaday.com/2016/10/29/geohots-self-driving-car-cancelled/
Dan Sarewitz joins Heather Ross to chat about his 2016 article in The New Atlantis: "Saving Science From Itself." Dan and Heather talk about the problems with publishing volume and opaque academic language, and why scientists should be more like independent filmmakers.
•Guest: Dan Sarewitz •About Dan Sarewitz: http://cspo.org/people/sarewitz-daniel/ •Check out Dan’s article, Saving Science: http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/saving-science •Listen to a discussion between Dan and The New Atlantis on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tnajournal/interview-about-saving-science •Learn more about the Master of Science and Technology Policy program at ASU: https://sfis.asu.edu/mstp-welcome •The Toxic Use Reduction Institute at the University of Massachusetts Lowell examines ways of reducing the use of toxic chemicals. Their work eschews traditional models, focusing on the ‘solution space’ rather than the ‘problem space': http://www.turi.org/ •The National Breast Cancer Coalition is another organization that has looked at different ways of approaching problem-solving: http://www.breastcancerdeadline2020.org/ •In 2014, a White House unit on Behavioral Psychology was formed. Does this represent a changing stance on the relationship between science and policy? http://thepsychreport.com/current-events/head-of-white-house-nudge-unit-maya-shankar-speaks-about-newly-formed-us-social-and-behavioral-sciences-team/
Ira Bennett and Jamey Wetmore from ASU's Center for Engagement and Training in Science and Society (CENTSS) join Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about experts, expertise, and some of the problems with scientific research.
•Guests •Jamey Wetmore: https://sfis.asu.edu/node/1805 •Ira Bennett: https://sfis.asu.edu/node/1804 •Learn more about what Jamey and Ira do with the Center for Engagement & Training in Science and Society: https://ifis.asu.edu/centers/centss
•Check out Dan Sarewitz’s article in the New Atlantis where he discusses how scientists must enter the real world: http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/saving-science •And listen to Dan discuss the article on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tnajournal/interview-about-saving-science •There are over 600 stem cell clinics across the US that are unregulated by FDA, and people are spending a lot of money on it. Has science overpromised its abilities? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/06/30/unregulated-stem-cell-clinics-are-proliferating-across-the-u-s/?utm_term=.b9183581aab4 •Albert Einstein once said that you don’t really understand something until you can explain it to your grandmother: https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2014/oct/10/science-communicators-quantum-physics-granny •Closing thoughts: The work of science and experts must be a team sport. Everybody has a slice of expertise to bring to the table. Science must better reflect the people who are paying for it.
Jamie Winterton, director of strategy for the Global Security Initiative, joins Heather Ross and Andrew Maynard to chat about cybersecurity and national security.
•More info on Jamie Winterton: https://webapp4.asu.edu/directory/person/72212
•Learn more about the work that ASU’s Global Security Initiative does: https://globalsecurity.asu.edu/
•What is Botnet, you ask? http://www.pcworld.com/article/3145865/security/the-new-mirai-strain-has-gone-far-beyond-deutsche-telekom.html
•Read more about the Stuxnet worm: https://www.wired.com/2014/11/countdown-to-zero-day-stuxnet/
•Attribution (knowing who’s doing what to who) is difficult to do in cybersecurity. Read more about the problem of attribution and feasibility of preventing attacks: http://cybersecurity.oxfordjournals.org/content/1/1/53
•Epidemiology of cybersecurity? A CDC for the cybercrime doesn’t sound like a bad idea: https://www.wired.com/2014/08/save-the-net-peter-singer/
•Security can be difficult for busy people. Here are some tips to keep your data safe: -Use a password manager: https://www.wired.com/2016/01/you-need-a-password-manager/ -Set up two-factor authentication: https://www.google.com/landing/2step/
Jacqueline Wernimont joins Heather Ross and Andrew Maynard to talk about algorithmic bias -- what is it, and how should we think about it now and in the future.
•https://jwernimont.com/ - Jacque Wernimont's website •https://webapp4.asu.edu/directory/person/2468640 - Jacque's ASU directory listing •First, let’s definite what an algorithm is. Check out a definition with examples here: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question717.htm •Jacque talks about the phenomenon of redlining and reverse redlining in Detroit in the 20th century. Read more here: http://www.citylab.com/housing/2015/03/mapping-the-lasting-effects-of-redlining/388333/ •Read more about Frank Pasquali’s black box society here: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2015/01/black_box_society_by_frank_pasquale_a_chilling_vision_of_how_big_data_has.html •Jacque discusses the idea of incorporating diverse perspectives into creating algorithms. Flickr’s photo tagging app is an example of what goes wrong when you don’t. Read more here: http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/21/technology/flickr-racist-tags/ •https://weaponsofmathdestructionbook.com/ - a book that we mention in the podcast •ProPublica found an example of algorithmic bias in our justice system. Read more: https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing
Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross recap major themes from the futurethink podcast miniseries on the circular economy, part of the 2016 Disruptive Innovation Festival.
•Overarching Themes
•Circularity •The biological system is circular (though you always have sun inputting energy from outside the circle). • The circular economy model is gaining traction and we discussed its role in cities in an earlier episode: https://soundcloud.com/user-723097380/the-future-of-cities-and-the-circular-economy
•People •You can’t discount the role that people play in innovation. People are a significant factor in determining if a new technology will work and how it will be implemented. •We can look at people on two scales: the broader social scale and also on an individual level.
•Inclusion: We need to think about all communities' role in technological transition and how we can engage these communities. o Heather mentions Martin Buber’s notion of “I and Thou” in the discussion of how we relate and understand to other people. Read more about Buber’s ideas here: http://www.iep.utm.edu/buber/#SH2b
•There is a problem of capital in the energy transition. How do we ease the transition? o Government incentives o Social acceptability of technological change o Creating habits surrounding change
Clark Miller talks with Heather Ross and Andrew Maynard about Energy Transitions and the Circular Economy. This is the 4th episode of the 5-part futurethink series: Innovation, Society, and the Circular Economy for the 2016 Disruptive Innovation Festival.
Show Notes Guest, Clark Miller: https://webapp4.asu.edu/directory/person/977682
• Check out the Disruptive Innovation Festival at https://www.thinkdif.co/
• Recycling requires enormous amount of energy and is cost-prohibitive. Can an energy transition make it more efficient? Read more: http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2015/10/14/economist-rethink-how-we-recycle
• Developers are bidding record-breaking low prices at a new plant planned for the Middle East. Read more about it: http://fortune.com/2016/09/19/world-record-solar-price-abu-dhabi/
• People being hard hit by energy transition played a significant role in this past election. What compelled coal workers during the election? Read more : http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/11/04/coal-mining-craig-colorado-election-day-hillary-clinton-donald-trump/93235678/
•Heather discusses the Clay Christensen model of disruption and what it means in energy transitions. Read more: https://hbr.org/2015/12/what-is-disruptive-innovation
•Innovation doesn’t always have to be transformative all at once. We can promote idea of incremental innovation so that people’s livelihoods are not disrupted. Read more: https://www.wired.com/insights/2013/11/the-power-of-incremental-innovation/
Thad Miller joins Heather Ross and Andrew Maynard to chat about the future of cities and the circular economy. This is the 3rd episode of the 5-part series: Innovation, Society, and the Circular Economy for the 2016 Disruptive Innovation Festival. Please join the conversation at thinkdif.co, Twitter @futurethinkpod, or by adding your comments wherever you get your podcasts.
Show Notes •Guest, Thad Miller: https://sustainability.asu.edu/person/thaddeus-miller/
•Read more on the circular economy here: https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/aug/26/how-the-circular-economy-is-taking-off-in-the-us
•Ecological Gentrification: what is it? Read about it: http://critical-sustainabilities.ucsc.edu/environmental-gentrification/
•Recent studies have shown that Uber and Lyft drivers have shown discrimination in use of their technology. Read more here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-31/study-finds-racial-discrimination-by-uber-and-lyft-drivers
•Heather discusses the Clay Christensen model of disruption. Read more: https://hbr.org/1995/01/disruptive-technologies-catching-the-wave
•Portland now has a pilot program for compost pickup. Can we expect other cities to follow suit? Read more here: http://www.oregonmetro.gov/news/portland-region-explore-food-scraps-mandate-businesses
•Portland passed a resolution banning construction of new fossil fuel infrastructure within city boundaries. Where does Portland get the authority to do this from? Read more: http://koin.com/2016/11/13/portland-considers-ban-on-new-fossil-fuel-terminals/
•Whole Foods in Detroit. What can we learn from this story? Read more: http://www.slate.com/articles/life/food/2014/11/whole_foods_detroit_can_a_grocery_store_really_fight_elitism_racism_and.html
•Urban farming in Detroit means communities are working to find the most efficient ways to use the resources around them. Read more: https://nextcity.org/features/view/detroit-comprehensive-urban-agriculture-proposal
Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross chat about risk and the circular economy in the 2nd episode of the special futurethink podcast series for the 2016 Disruptive Innovation Festival.
In this special episode of the futurethink podcast, Heather Ross and Andrew Maynard have an unplanned (but recorded) chat with colleagues Michael Bennett, Bob Cook-Deegan, and Diana Bowman. They discuss the possible implications of the 2016 presidential election results on the near future of science, technology, research, and innovation.
Show Notes • The Master's of Science and Technology policy program at Arizona State University prepares graduates to work on the intersection of science policy and politics. Check it out here: https://sfis.asu.edu/degree/science-technology-policy-0
• The Disruptive Innovation Festival is an online, open access event for thought leaders and entrepreneurs exploring the changing economy and where we go from here. Find out more here: https://www.thinkdif.co/big-top-tents/arizona-state-university-asu
• What does the 2016 Presidential election mean for the future of science and technology policy?
• Some areas of scientific research are expected to remain untouched, such as the Precision Medicine Initiative (https://www.nih.gov/precision-medicine-initiative-cohort-program), the cancer moonshot( https://www.cancer.gov/research/key-initiatives/moonshot-cancer-initiative/task-force), Alzheimer’s research (https://www.nia.nih.gov/), the Brain Initiative (https://www.braininitiative.nih.gov/), and CERN (https://home.cern/).
• Scientists must now practice what they preach through responsible innovation and use public engagement as a tool to engage people who feel disenfranchised.
• Closing notes: We must confront the distrust of expertise. How can experts re-frame the issues? o Propose--don’t preach. o Listen. o Shared value in democracy.
This is the first of a 5-part series on the Future of Innovation and the Circular Economy, as part of the 2016 Disruptive Innovation Festival (https://www.thinkdif.co/big-top-tents/arizona-state-university-asu). Erik Fisher, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Responsible Innovation(http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tjri20#.VvWqquIrJaR), joins Heather Ross and Andrew Maynard to chat about Responsible Innovation and the Circular Economy. Please visit thinkdif.co and navigate to our festival podcast listing to contribute to the DIF 2016 conversation. Andrew and Heather will be discussing the DIF community conversation in the final installment of this 5-part series.
Show Notes
· The idea behind Responsible Innovation: Innovation is good but it can be better (http://cspo.org/program-areas/responsible-innovation/)
· The Disruptive Innovation Festival is an online, open access event for thought leaders and entrepreneurs exploring the changing economy and where we go from here.
· Responsible innovation has been used in nanotechnology research to make it more environmentally and socially responsible (https://cns.asu.edu/research)
· Closing notes: How do we nurture responsible innovation? By nurturing curiosity, creating space for innovation, and by being patient.
Just in time for the last gasps of the 2016 presidential election, Heather Ross chats with STS expert Clark Miller about elections as knowledge systems. Recorded at the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University: sfis.asu.edu
Show Notes · Clark wrote a research article after the 2000 election on the topic of elections as knowledge systems. Check it out here: http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/stable/4144333
· Clark and Heather discuss “Imagined Democracies” by Israeli author Professor Yaron Ezrahi. More info on the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Imagined-Democracies-Necessary-Political-Fictions/dp/1107025753
· Elections are an instrument for measuring the will of the electorate.
· Florida's issues in 2000 made the inner workings of the electoral knowledge system more visible and created the sense that it was possible that elections could get messed up, challenging the way we think about elections.
· For further reading on elections, democracy, and governance, check out these articles by Clark:
Knowledge and democracy: The epistemics of self-governance https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309512641_Knowledge_and_democracy_The_epistemics_of_self-governance
Interrogating the Civic Epistemology of American Democracy: Stability and Instability in the 2000 US Presidential Election https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249722303_Interrogating_the_Civic_Epistemology_of_American_Democracy_Stability_and_Instability_in_the_2000_US_Presidential_Election?ev=prf_pub
Heather Ross and Andrew Maynard chat with computer scientist Adam Doupé about cybersecurity issues in the technologies that surround our lives today and in the future. Recorded at the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University: sfis.asu.edu
Show Notes · Link to Adam Doupé's profile: https://webapp4.asu.edu/directory/person/2412296 · How can we use hardware to keep people safe and use cybersecurity to keep financial data safe? Read more http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevemorgan/2016/01/27/bank-of-americas-unlimited-cybersecurity-budget-sums-up-spending-plans-in-a-war-against-hackers/#54db42b3434b
· Blockchain, is it the wave of the future? https://www.blockchain.com/
· The Risk Innovation Lab studies risk, which plays a significant role in the discussion surrounding hacking. Learn more about it here: https://riskinnovation.asu.edu/
· Software updates, coming now to your car. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/09/automobiles/your-cars-new-software-is-ready-update-now.html?_r=0
· As cybersecurity becomes more important, business will continue to bear the cost of hackers. Read more: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/effects-computer-hacking-organization-17975.html
· Hacking will impact our healthcare devices going forward, too. Read more: http://www.nextgov.com/security/2016/05/unlikely-threat-posed-hacked-medical-devices-va/128608/