Triangulation (Audio)

Mikah Sargent speaks with David Weinberger, author of Everyday Chaos: Technology, Complexity, and How We're Thriving in a New World of Possibility about how AI, big data, and the internet are all revealing that the world is vastly more complex and unpredictable than we've allowed ourselves to see and how we're getting acculturated to these machines based on chaos. Buy "Everyday Chaos": https://amzn.to/2ZMPHSY Host: Mikah Sargent Guest: David Weinberger Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation. Sponsor: ZipRecruiter.com/triangulation

Randall Munroe is the creator of the greatest comic strip on the internet: XKCD, and the author of the new book How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems. He talks with Leo Laporte about how he got started making comic strips, the importance of not making fun of people for not knowing stuff, and the best way to generate letter pairs for kerning. Buy "How To": https://amzn.to/2ZzxGLM Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Randall Munroe Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation. Sponsor: ZipRecruiter.com/triangulation

Yan Zhu, AKA bcrypt, is the Chief Security Officer at Brave. Yan joins Leo Laporte to talk about her past dropping out of high school and earning a B.S. at MIT; her work on Brave's security-focused browser and other open-source projects like HTTPS Everywhere, SecureDrop, and Privacy Badger on Firefox; DJing and creating electronic music; and more. Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Yan Zhu Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.

Bryan Walsh is the author of End Times: A Brief Guide to the End of the World. He talks with Mikah Sargent about the many, many ways Mother Earth may try to kill us all and the ways we might beat her to it. He also gives some hope for the future. Host: Mikah Sargent Guest: Bryan Walsh Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation. Sponsor: capterra.com/triangulation

Ed Niedermeyer is the author of Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors. He talks to Leo Laporte about how Tesla has succeeded, how it has failed, and what it needs to do to win. Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Ed Niedermeyer Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.

Jason Howell speaks with Andrew Maynard, professor in the Arizona State University School for the Future of Innovation in Society, about his book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies. They dive into his book discussing whether sci-fi films like Jurassic Park, Limitless, Ghost in the Shell, and Ex Machina is predicting or creating our future, responsible innovation, what Andrew finds really disturbing about AI, the ethics of Elon Musk's Neuralink technology, and more. Buy "Films from the Future": https://amzn.to/2T3ORiT Host: Jason Howell Guest: Andrew Maynard Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation. Sponsor: capterra.com/triangulation

Denise Howell speaks with independent writer, digital governance expert, and open government advocate Alex Howard. They discuss the 'Post-truth' era, the Honest Ads Act that he helped draft due to the lack of transparency for political ad spending online, how the ways politicians and governments use social media matters, the issues of content moderating, Facebook's $5 billion fine from the FTC over privacy breaches, and more. Host: Denise Howell Guest: Alex Howard Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation. Sponsor: ZipRecruiter.com/triangulation

BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen returns to 'Triangulation' with Jason Howell to talk about Chia Network and how they are creating an open-source blockchain which is a more decentralized and energy-efficient cryptocurrency than Bitcoin. They also discuss Facebook's Libra, where President Trump is right and wrong on crypto and Bram's other hobby as a puzzle maker. Host: Jason Howell Guest: Bram Cohen Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation. Sponsors: capterra.com/triangulation ZipRecruiter.com/triangulation

Trey Ratcliff, author of "Under the Influence," talks with Leo Laporte about the bane of Instagram "Influencers," how to turn criticism into creativity, and how to survive on social media without losing your soul. Buy "Under the Influence": https://amzn.to/2LDi3vu Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Trey Ratcliff Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.

Jason Howell speaks with journalist, researcher, and co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College Arthur Holland Michel about his new book "Eyes in the Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It Will Watch Us All." They dive into how the film "Enemy of the State" influenced the Pentagon to develop a high-tech aerial surveillance system for monitoring America's enemies overseas, how the Wide Angle Motion Imagery tech is now being used to watch US citizens, and more. Buy "Eyes in the Sky": https://amzn.to/2Y4g3jd Host: Jason Howell Guest: Arthur Holland Michel Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.