Many small businesses are online now, but so are cyber criminals trying to take advantage. On today's show, how one bar owner fell victim to a Facebook scam and if big tech could do more to protect small business owners from increasing cyber attacks. Read Stephan's original piece.
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Tech Won't Save Us - How the US Weaponizes Tech in the Middle East w/ Laleh Khalili
Paris Marx is joined by Laleh Khalili to discuss how the United States uses its control of key technologies to shift global power dynamics, and how that specifically plays out in the Middle East.
Laleh Khalili is Professor of Gulf Studies at the University of Exeter and author of the forthcoming book Extractive Capitalism.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon.
The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Kyla Hewson.
Also mentioned in this episode:
- Laleh mentions Iran’s accusations towards Meta regarding WhatsApp.
- Tech executives are joining the US army.
- Laleh mentioned The Global Interior by Megan Black.
- Several years ago, Israel used an AI-assisted gun to kill an Iranian nuclear scientist.
What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Stage Managing Sex in Hollywood
In the wake of #MeToo, Hollywood productions began hiring “intimacy coordinators,” people who work to ensure sex scenes are safe and comfortable for performers. How are they working out so far?
Guest: Jennifer Wilson, staff writer at the New Yorker.
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Audio Mises Wire - Why Is Every Natural Disaster Being Politicized?
In the wake of the flooding disasters in Texas, a number of leftists made inflammatory remarks on social media, celebrating the death of flood victims. Our society has reached a low point to where people believe that the “right” political candidates can bring us better weather.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-every-natural-disaster-being-politicized
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2485: Jean Le Rond d’Alembert
Episode: 2485 Jean Le Rond d'Alembert: Controversial Mathematician of the Enlightenment. Today, the controversies of an enlightened mathematician.
The Stack Overflow Podcast - There is no golden path anymore: Engineering practices are being rewritten
In this episode of Leaders of Code, Ben Matthews, Senior Director of Engineering at Stack Overflow, and Loïc Houssier, CTO at Superhuman, dive into how engineering teams can navigate paradigm shifts in a world of constant technological change. They discuss the importance of leadership in an ever-shifting industry and highlight the concept of aligned autonomy as a way to empower teams and increase organizational velocity.
The conversation also covers:
- The impact of AI on workflows and practices across the entire organization at Superhuman, including improving onboarding, helping employees streamline their work, and enabling teams to tackle projects that were previously put on hold.
- The strategic use of qualitative and quantitative engineering performance metrics to measure and improve team effectiveness.
Episode notes:
- Connect with Loïc Houssier on LinkedIn.
- Learn more about Superhuman, the leading AI-native email app for high-performing teams.
- Connect with Ben Matthews on LinkedIn or Bluesky.
Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova - Why did COVID Decision-Making Go So Wrong? (with David Zweig)
Early in the COVID pandemic, the US closed schools and sent kids home. And then, the schools stayed closed—even as they began to reopen in other parts of the world. Experts and officials claimed that these measures sprang from “an abundance of caution.” But what was the evidence on the necessity of keeping kids home? And, looking back, did the benefits of prolonged school closures outweigh the costs?
This week, Nate interviews author and journalist David Zweig about his book examining COVID policies and school closure decisions during the pandemic. They get into why we tend to find cost-benefit analysis so difficult, how political polarization shaped decision-making during the pandemic, and how the COVID models failed.
Further Reading:
David Zweig’s book is An Abundance of Caution: American Schools, the Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - What A Weakened 14th Amendment Could Mean For America
Today marks the anniversary of the ratification of the 14th Amendment, which established citizenship for freed slaves and women. The anniversary comes at a time when birthright citizenship is under threat by the Trump administration. Reset digs into what a weakened 14th Amendment could mean for Americans with Evan Bernick, associate professor of law at Northern Illinois University, and David Stovall, professor of Black Studies at the University of Illinois Chicago.
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