New Yorker staff writer Kyle Chayka joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how algorithms are homogenizing our design choices, how our desires are being anticipated by computers, and what this says for creativity and innovation.
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Some of the greatest minds in history were autistic
Professor Simon Baron-Cohen explains why he believes innovation comes with certain brain patterns and why it’s time to celebrate those who think differently.
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How to push innovators beyond incremental progress
Researcher Michael Bhaskar talks about why he believes risk aversion has led us to move away from dynamic discoveries, and why he says it’s time to dream big again.
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How Ancient Cities Created The Modern World
Author Ben Wilson joins us to talk about the innovations of ancient cities, which connect the Sumerian city of Uruk to the world’s urban mega-centers of today.
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Is America Out Of Ideas?
Ross Douthat joins us to talk about what he reads in the nation’s tea leaves for the trajectory of future innovation.
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What Happens To Car Culture When Robots Do The Driving?
Dan Albert joins us to talk about how our lives might shift when we’re no longer behind the wheel of a vehicle.
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Robot M.D.
Cardiologist Dr. Eric Topol joins us to talk about how A.I. could free human doctors up for the personal interactions that actually lead to healing. His new book is called “Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again.”
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The Future Is Fiber – And The U.S. Is Falling Behind
Harvard Law professor Susan Crawford joins us to explain why we need to approach fiber with an increased urgency or risk falling behind other developed nations. Her new book is called “Fiber: The Coming Tech Revolution – And Why America Might Miss It.”
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The Dangers Of Consensus And Compromise
Psychologist Charlan Nemeth joins us to talk about why consensus is the killer of innovation.
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What Makes Innovators Tick
Melissa A. Schilling joins guest host Courtney Collins to talk about the qualities that connect the world’s great visionaries.
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How We Innovate
This hour, we’ll talk about the process of innovation with Pagan Kennedy, author of “Inventology: How We Dream Up Things That Change the World.”
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Putting Creativity On The Map
This hour, we’ll talk about how our environment can open the door to innovative thinking with Eric Weiner, author of “The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World’s Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley.”
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