Technically Optimistic

Emerson Collective

Data is the most valuable resource on our planet, and the data economy impacts everything from mental health to human rights. On Season 2 of Technically Optimistic, host Raffi Krikorian engages engineers, activists, professors, and more to ask big questions about our data-driven era. How and why is our data being collected? How is it affecting our daily lives, our decision-making, our political systems? Perhaps most importantly, what does the future of data look like, and what can we do to help shape it? This season of Technically Optimistic is all about your data, and how you can gain back some...

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Technically Optimistic

Episodes (23)

Jun 19, 2024 What's next for data
Jun 12, 2024 The India episode — tech and data in the Global South
Jun 5, 2024 Who's watching the kids?

Technically Optimistic

Jun 19, 2024
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The way we use and understand data is rapidly evolving. So what does the future hold? Will backlash against surveillance capitalism result in protections that empower people to take control of their data? What’s going on with the new American Privacy Rights Act that’s currently moving through Congress? Raffi talks to experts about how we can understand — and help shape — the future of data, exploring new policy, digging into the concept of “digital doubles,” and assessing how data collection might play a role in coalition-building and reform. Guests include Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA); Brandon Pugh, policy direct...

Technically Optimistic

What's next for data

Emerson Collective

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