This week, we look at a few of the macro trends shaping both the labor market today and the future of work — such as the Great Resignation and collective bargaining — and examine how tech-driven business has both brought them about and potentially given workers more freedom and leverage.
Category: Episodes
How Tech and Social Media Impact Our Mental Health
Hello humans! Today we look at a global crisis that’s affecting us all on a near-daily basis—the Global Mental Health Crisis.
How Tech Harms – and Can Help Heal – the Climate
By almost any reckoning, the climate emergency is the most urgent and existential challenge facing humanity for the foreseeable future. All of the other issues we face pale in comparison to the need to arrest and reverse carbon emissions, reduce global average temperatures, and begin the work of rebuilding sustainable models for all of us to be able to live and work on this planet. Not only do I have hope, but many of the climate experts I have read and spoken with are hopeful as well.
What is a Tech Humanist?
https://media.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/content.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/S2E0_WhatIsATechHumanist.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHello and welcome to The Tech Humanist Show! In this introductory episode, host Kate O’Neill explains what a tech humanist is and what you can expect from future episodes. Guests on this episode includue Emma Bedor Hiland, Oluwakemi Olurinola, Dorothea Baur, Rumman Chowdhury, Chris Gilliard, and Rahaf Harfoush. The […]
A Brighter Future for Education (using Technology!)
https://media.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/content.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/S2E1_BrighterFutureOfEduction.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadOn this week’s episode, we’re rethinking education to bring about a brighter future for humanity. I speak with guests about the ways technology has changed the way we think about what’s possible for education, as well as how we can challenge our assumptions to make the system work better […]
The Tech Humanist Show: Episode 19 – Art Chang
https://media.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/content.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/TTHS_ep_19_podcast-final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadAbout this episode’s guest: Art Chang is a mayoral candidate for the city of New York. The son of Korean immigrants and father of 2 boys, Art Chang has spent the last 35 years working as a professional problem solver in NYC. He’s built a dozen startups in the […]
The Tech Humanist Show: Episode 18 – Cathy Hackl
https://media.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/content.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/TTHS_ep_18_podcast-final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadAbout this episode’s guest: Futurist, speaker, and author Cathy Hackl is a globally recognized augmented reality, virtual reality and spatial computing thought leader. She’s been named one of the top 10 Tech Voices on Linkedin for two years in a row, the highest honor on the platform. She currently […]
The Tech Humanist Show: Episode 17 – Caleb Gardner
https://media.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/content.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/TTHS_ep_17_podcast-final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadAbout this episode’s guest: Caleb Gardner, who in his more than a decade of experience in digital leadership, entrepreneurship, and social impact, has worked for a variety of organizations in the public and private sectors, including at prestigious professional service firms like Bain & Company and Edelman. During the […]
The Tech Humanist Show: Episode 16 – Yaël Eisenstat
https://media.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/content.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/TTHS_ep_16_podcast-final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadAbout this episode’s guest: Yaël is a thought leader, democracy activist and strategist working with governments, tech companies, and investors focused on the intersection of ethics, tech, democracy, and policy. She has spent 20 years working around the globe as a CIA officer, a White House advisor, the Global […]
The Tech Humanist Show: Episode 15 – Abhishek Gupta
https://media.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/content.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/TTHS_ep_15_podcast-final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadAbout this episode’s guest: Abhishek Gupta is the founder of Montreal AI Ethics Institute (https://montrealethics.ai ) and a Machine Learning Engineer at Microsoft where he serves on the CSE Responsible AI Board. He represents Canada for the International Visitor Leaders Program (IVLP) administered by the US State Department as […]