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A critical look at new technologies, new approaches and new ways of thinking, from politics to media to environmental sustainability.
Existential risks to human life abound, from the threat of nuclear Armageddon; to an uninhabitable planet; or an AI-induced apocalypse. Understanding such risks and how we can best respond to them is the preoccupation of S. J. Beard. But the Cambridge University researcher also speaks of "existential hope", a way of addressing our fears without the doom and despair. Also, Monash University's, Neil Selwyn, makes the call for what he terms "digital degrowth" — decoupling our online world from the shackles of consumer capitalism.
Guests
Dr S. J. Beard — Senior Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, Cambridge University
Professor Neil Selwyn — Faculty of Education, Monash University
Further information
S.J. Beard - Existential Hope
Neil Selwyn - Digital Degrowth: Radically Rethinking our Digital Futures
Future Tense
A critical look at new technologies, new approaches and new ways of thinking, from politics to media to environmental sustainability.
