Tamara Kneese

Joining the discussion is Tamara Kneese, the Director of Climate, Technology, and Justice at the Data & Society Research Institute. She dives into the absurdity of lunar data centers and critiques Silicon Valley's technosolutionist dreams. The conversation also highlights the environmental impact of AI and Bitcoin, addressing the societal backlash against these technologies. Kneese advocates for scientific research over blind faith in innovation, stressing the urgent need for genuine solutions to climate challenges and the preservation of Indigenous languages.

Join Jacob Metcalf, AI expert at Data & Society, Tamara Kneese, a climate tech advocate, Reem Suleiman, privacy advocate from Mozilla, and Kevin De Liban, founder of TechTonic Justice, as they dissect the intersection of technology and democracy. They discuss how tech oligarchs threaten democratic values and citizens’ privacy through surveillance. The impact of data centers on vulnerable communities and the troubling labor ideology in Silicon Valley also take center stage. Tune in for a thought-provoking conversation on the urgent need for accountability and public participation in tech policy.

Andrew Curry, a contributing correspondent specializing in ancient DNA, explores maternal kinship in Neolithic Çatalhöyük, revealing intriguing gender dynamics in early societies. Georgii Bogdanov discusses innovative synthetic squid skin that changes color, mimicking natural adaptations for future tech applications. Tamara Kneese dives into the ethics of digital legacies, pondering whether families might turn their deceased loved ones into chatbots, highlighting the cultural implications of our digital footprints and memorialization in the tech age.