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Thanks to technology, we are more connected than ever—digitally. But at what cost?

Technology is redefining who we trust, and this shift in trust has fundamental consequences.

China was the first country in the world to experience effects from COVID-19. How did the country make it through?

How will emerging technologies continue to impact a new generation of Americans?

Tristan Harris, former Google ethicist and founder of the Center for Humane Technology, says companies like Facebook have perfected the use of persuasive technology and we’ve fallen for it.

The architecture of how we live our lives is badly in need of renovation and repair.

How can technology be used to help people leave conspiracy movements? A technologist for Google weighs in. Quick Take is a weekly dose of ideas and insights delivered in short form. Today’s episode features Yasmin Green, the director of research and development for Jigsaw, a unit within Google that works to use technology to solve global security challenges. Listen to th...

Artificial intelligence is making world-changing advances every day. But these powerful tools can be used for malicious and nefarious purposes just as easily as they can be used for good. How can society put guardrails on this technology to ensure that we build the most safe and responsible version of the future, where A.I. is assistive rather than weaponized? Google’s sen...

Tim O’Reilly says we should be harnessing technology, rather than fearing it.

David Agus, author of "The Lucky Years," says we’re living in a golden age when the latest science and technology can customize care.

How can we become less addicted to technology?

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the widening digital divide.

Artificial intelligence is clearly going to change our lives in multiple ways. But it’s not yet obvious exactly how, and what the impacts will be. We can predict that certain jobs held by humans will probably be taken over by computers, but what about our thoughts? Will we still think and create in the same ways? Author and former Aspen Institute president Walter Isaacson...

Conversation is facing a crisis in our culture. How do we navigate this "robotic moment?"

Like all technology, artificial intelligence can be used for good, and it can be used for evil. What little federal regulation the United States has governing technology and the internet was written before artificial intelligence existed in its current form, and as a society, we’re flying blind and in way over our heads as we enter this next phase of digital life. What cou...

Disinformation online is on the minds of voters, candidates, government officials, and technology platforms as the US election gets closer. Already experts have seen disinformation campaigns around the Covid-19 pandemic, which could spell trouble in November.

What are newsrooms and technology companies doing to combat false news? What did journalists learn in 2016 that they can apply to political coverage in 2020?

Anthony Doerr is probably best known for his Pulitzer Prize winning novel All the Light We Cannot See. Just like that book, his latest work, Cloud Cuckoo Land, features protagonists who are dreamers and outsiders who find hope in the midst of danger. He talks with Mary Beth Keane, author of Ask Again, Yes, about the inspiration for his latest book and its focus on technolo...

Is America turning its back on the humanities?

Learn about early 20th century Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, and why he matters today.