How to Bounce Back From Tough Times & How to Beat the Surveillance Economy – SYSK Choice
When dogs meet they often sniff each other. It appears we humans do the same thing (to other humans, not dogs). This episode begins with an explanation of how people judge other people based on how they smell. And we do it all subconsciously. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/2206271250…
2024 Recap: Trump vs Biden, Israel-Iran War, and the Rise of AI
In this episode, we review the significant events and discussions of 2024.
The Power of Prediction
We make predictions all the time including about the weather, about traffic, about what someone is going to say next. It feels natural, even rational. But when algorithms start making predictions about us, whether we'll repay a loan, reoffend after prison, or respond to a medical treatment, somethi…
The surveillance network you consented to with Rakibul Hasan
We trade data for convenience every day. But at what cost? Rakibul Hasan breaks down how everyday tech became a surveillance network that determines what we see, what we pay — and maybe even what we think.
Resources
Try Brave or Duck Duck Go as a browser
Try the Start Page search engine
Further re…
Carissa Veliz on Prophecy
Predictions aren't quite what they seem to be, according to Carissa Véliz, author of the book Prophecy. They often are intended to persuade you of the inevitability of a certain outcome, and may be self-fulfilling to some degree. Yet they look like simple factual claims about what is likely to happ…
How AI Is Threatening Democracy!
AI is being sold to us as an oracle, objective, neutral, inevitable. But when corporations and governments present predictions as facts, what they often demand is obedience.
We’re living through a golden age of surveillance. As monitoring reaches levels once associated with totalitarian regimes, th…
Who controls the future?
We like to think the future is open. That our lives are shaped by choices, chance, and a bit of luck.
But increasingly, the future is being predicted, and those predictions are starting to decide things in advance. Whether we get a job, a loan, medical treatment, or even how we’re policed, many of…
Carissa Veliz, author, "Prophecy" from Jul 20, 2026
Carissa Veliz, author, "Prophecy"
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a
- "Mark's intro"
Kirk Pearson - "Modem of Home" - n/a [0:01:44]
- "Interview with Carissa Véliz" [0:01:49]
Kirk Pearson - "Haptic Workshop" - n/a [0:23:11]
- "Interview with Carissa Véliz" [0:25:02]
Kirk Pearson - "Bio Ma…
EP 227: Privacy is Power: the digital age is a tyrannical government’s dream with Carissa Veliz
Dr. Carissa Veliz is an author, keynote speaker, and associate professor at the Institute for Ethics in AI at the University of Oxford. As a naturally private person herself and in researching her own family, Carissa was lead to the philosophy of privacy…or lack thereof.
Being ‘watched’ (monitored…
EP 229: Are we even speaking the same language? "Conservative" has become meaningless and conversations are hard.
We are living in a broken and fragmented country. Conversations can and do feel fruitless when the people having them lack any sort of parallel foundational principles.
In today’s episode, Rita will discuss why without a foundational understanding of what America is, what our governments role was …
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