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New future-focused tech audio series with Ken Hollings, episode 1
Our journey into the future of technology begins with the past. Writer and cultural theorist Ken Hollings guides this 6-episode audio series by Tomorrow Unlocked.
The past is the future
The pace of technological change is dizzying. We herald the newness of each platform, software and machine. In this first episode of our new audio series Fast Forward, broadcaster and cultural theorist Ken Hollings suggests it's a good time to stop running around the labyrinth and find our way by retracing our steps. The past tells all about the present, and the future.
Humanity stays on track, to a fault
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So how do we do better? "One of the biggest problems is the idea that technology is the solution to technology's problems: Just iterate, and get this next version of technology to fix things. What we really need is someone to think about its context: Where it exists in history, how it exists with culture," says Tung-Hui Hu.
Data highways jammed with private histories
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Emm says, "People thinking about what they do with technology before they dispose of it is really, really important. Criminals are very interested in the data businesses store, which is why we see data breaches. They're trying to capture sensitive information."
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MIT Technology Review's Senior Reporter Tanya Basu suggests a new way of thinking about our digital lives might help us better control personal information online, avoid social media back-biting and, well, grow – a digital garden.
"A lot of people building these digital gardens are very interested in reshaping what we accept as normal when it comes to engaging online," says Tanya.
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