Techdirt Podcast Episode 228: Working Futures

from the meet-the-authors dept

Tue, Oct 8th 2019 01:30pm - Leigh Beadon

As we hope you know by now, last week we released Working Futures, an anthology of short stories about the future of work in our world of rapidly advancing technology, inspired by settings we developed with a specially-designed scenario planning exercise (pick up your copy from Amazon in ebook or paperback format!) For this week’s special episode of the podcast, we’ve brought in three of the authors whose stories are featured in the book— Katharine Dow, Christopher Hooton, and James Yu — to talk about the process of developing future scenarios and, of course, about their stories.

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Filed Under: future of work, working futures

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 227: Rep. Mark Takano On Tech In Congress

Politics

from the teaching-lawmakers dept

Tue, Oct 1st 2019 01:30pm - Leigh Beadon

With all the misconceptions, political projects, and flat-out panics about tech in Congress these days, it sometimes feels like any positive legislative progress regarding technology is impossible. But once in a while you find a lawmaker who is out there pushing smart bills about tech, such as one that aims to help solve this whole mess by restoring and redesigning the Office of Technology Assessment to help educate Congress in the digital age. This week, we’re joined by Rep. Mark Takano to discuss his plans to bring tech literacy back to Congress.

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Filed Under: evidence, mark takano, ota, source code

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 226: The 'Facebook Supreme Court'

Predictions

from the or-whatever-you-call-it dept

Tue, Sep 24th 2019 01:40pm - Leigh Beadon

The latest big news in the ongoing discussion about social media moderation is the release of Facebook’s official plans for its independent oversight board, which will review content moderation decisions in an attempt to bring some transparency and due process to the system. This week we’re joined by returning guest Professor Kate Klonick, who was present as an observer at Facebook covering the entire planning process, to discuss the many interesting questions around what Facebook would probably prefer people stop calling the “Facebook Supreme Court”.

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Filed Under: content moderation, facebook oversight board, kate klonick, oversight board
Companies: facebook

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 225: Does Dynamic Pricing Deserve The Hate?

Business Models

from the market-questions dept

Tue, Sep 17th 2019 01:30pm - Leigh Beadon

“Dynamic pricing” is an idea that sounds efficient and effective in economic theory, but often collapses under the weight of customer anger when put into practice. But while that is true of some of the most egregious approaches, other forms of dynamic pricing are ubiquitous and largely accepted — in part because of how the systems work, and in part because of how they present themselves to customers. This week, we’re joined by Perfect Price CEO Alex Shartsis to discuss the many facets of dynamic pricing, and whether it deserves the hate it gets.

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Filed Under: dynamic pricing, podcast, techdirt podcast
Companies: perfect price

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 224: Trying To Be Optimistic About The Internet

Innovation

from the and-sometimes-succeeding dept

Tue, Sep 10th 2019 01:55pm - Leigh Beadon

The future of the internet is… uncertain. We’ve always been optimistic about what technology and innovation can achieve, and that hasn’t changed, but right now it often feels like we’re facing more new challenges and more reactions to them (including dangerous ones) than ever, and pessimism about the internet seems to be at an all-time high. This week we’re joined by EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn, who recently wrote an essay (pdf link) about internet pioneer John Perry Barlow and how his famous tech optimism was more complex — and more aware of challenges — than it is often portrayed, to discuss a positive future for the internet, and how we get there.

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Filed Under: cindy cohn, eff, internet, john perry barlow, podcast

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 223: Bedbugs & Beyond, With David Karpf

Overhype

from the what-a-week dept

Wed, Sep 4th 2019 01:30pm - Leigh Beadon

By now, you likely all know the story of David Karpf’s mild “bedbugs” joke that drew the personal, professional and journalistic ire of the New York Times’ Bret Stephens. As it turned out, Karpf — a professor with expertise in media and political communication — was more than capable of responding to Stephens and talking about what was happening in a variety of media outlets, with far more insight than the Pulitzer-winning columnist himself, turning what started as a very silly incident into an exploration of very serious topics. So this week, David Karpf joins us on the podcast to talk about his experience, and what we can all learn from it.

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Filed Under: bedbugs, bret stephens, david karpf, godwin's law, journalism, podcast, streisand effect

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 222: Bringing Back The Internet's True Promise

Free

from the restoring-what-was dept

Tue, Aug 27th 2019 01:30pm - Leigh Beadon

We’ve talked a lot about how many of the controversial, challenging problems that exist online could be addressed by refocusing on making the internet what it was always supposed to be: a network of open protocols, not a cluster of walled gardens. Mike’s recent paper on the subject lays out the reasons in detail, and on this week’s episode of the podcast we’re joined by one of the people working towards that goal: Anil Dash, whose Glitch community aims to bring development back to the masses.

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Filed Under: anil dash, internet, podcast, protocols
Companies: glitch

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 221: What's Really In The FTC's Facebook Settlement, Part Two

Legal Issues

from the digging-further dept

Tue, Aug 20th 2019 01:30pm - Leigh Beadon

Last week, we featured part one of our discussion with lawyer Joshua de Larios-Heiman, about the details of the FCC’s Facebook settlement, beyond the headline-grabbing fine. It was a long conversation that we cut off right in the middle, so be sure to listen to part one first and then come back for part two, in which we finish picking apart the settlement item by item.

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Filed Under: ftc, podcast, privacy, settlement, techdirt podcast
Companies: facebook

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 220: What's Really In The FTC's Facebook Settlement, Part One

Legal Issues

from the digging-in dept

Tue, Aug 13th 2019 01:30pm - Leigh Beadon

Ever since the FCC announced its proposed settlement with Facebook, the headlines have focused on the largest-ever privacy fine that came with it — but few people paid attention to the many, many important details. This week, we’ve got the first half of a two-part podcast with lawyer Joshua de Larios-Heiman, who helps us go through the entire settlement from start to finish, and pick apart what it means.

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Filed Under: fcc, podcast, privacy, regulation, social media
Companies: facebook

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 219: A Policy Bootcamp For Technologists

Innovation

from the crash-course dept

Tue, Aug 6th 2019 01:30pm - Leigh Beadon

There’s a new but growing desire, both within the tech industry and among onlookers, for more technologists to get involved in public policy and doing work to serve the public interest. Various plans to help make this happen are starting to appear, and an especially interesting one is the Aspen Tech Policy Hub, which aims to help establish a new generation of tech policy entrepreneurs using an incubator model in the vein of Y Combinator. This week, Mike is joined by director Betsy Cooper to discuss the Hub’s inaugural cohort of technologists, and what comes next.

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Filed Under: aspen tech policy hub, betsy cooper, podcast, policy

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