As more and more jobs are becoming automated, some workers are becoming obsolete. This hour, we’ll talk about what that means for the future of our workforce with Derek Thompson, whose story “A World Without Work” appears in The Atlantic.
Read moreHow North Texas Is Banking On Health Tech
A panel of health tech advocates explains different ways the genre is making us rich.
Read moreSocial Action, Offscreen
This hour, we’ll talk about why personal connections are the key to helping the less fortunate with computer scientist Kentaro Toyama, author of ‘Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change From the Cult of Technology.’
Read moreBlackBerry’s Backstory
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/140/01d33fe4-821b-4667-aa47-8ca96f79eae0/KERA_Think_06-04-15_HR_2.mp3 Just six years ago, half of all smartphones sold were made by BlackBerry. Today, it’s hard to find anyone who still uses one. This hour, we’ll find out what happened with Globe and Mail business writer Sean Silcoff, co-author of Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry.
Read moreThe Robots Are Coming
We’re training them to clean our floors, babysit our kids and any number of other tasks. This hour, we’ll talk about what else we’re farming out to our bionic buddies with Reason managing editor Katherine Mangu-Ward.
Read moreConsumer Compulsion
This hour, we’ll talk about the subtle ways that companies instill desire for their wares deep within us with Nir Eyal, author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products.
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