On Technology with Sophie Hackford

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In this episode we talk to Sophie Hackford about technology. Sophie is a futurist, and has given 220+ provocative talks to boards and exec teams on novel science and tech. Sophie is an advisor to John Deere & Co, on the future of food, climate, and agriculture. Sophie is also an advisor to New Lab in Brooklyn. Sophie co-founded and chaired 1715Labs: a spinout from Oxford University’s Astrophysics Department, labelling data to train algorithms. She previously worked at WIRED Magazine, Singularity University on the NASA Research Park in Silicon Valley, and the Oxford Martin School at Oxford University, where she raised $120m for frontier-bending research.

Our conversation covers:

• the merger of biological and silicon-based systems
• is technological advancement actually progress for humanity
• the hidden power of "dark compute"
• interspecies communication
• the power of narratives to inspire and drive positive change
• innovative solutions in environmental monitoring and conservation

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