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At a time when artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and digital technologies increasingly shape our understanding of what it means to be human, Fuchs argues that we need to recover a richer conception of the human person. Rather than…
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October 14, 2026 · 44 min

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"The humanities should really matter to STEM disciplines" with Yasmín Hernández and Baruch Vergara

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Learning Under Algorithmic Conditions with Elizabeth de Freitas, Matthew X. Curinga, and Ezekiel J. Dixon-Román (U Minnesota Press, 2026)

October 7, 2026 · 43 min

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October 4, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min

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The Generative Organization: AI Playbook for Exponential Leaders

October 1, 2026 · 25 min

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Aarthi Vadde has a Platform (JP)

October 1, 2026 · 45 min

It is fair to say Aarthi Vadde's wonderful new book, We The Platform, demostrates "how literature changes our perspective on the internet." But you also need to add that it "respond[s] to decline narratives about literature and literary…
Assassins and Secret Listeners: Britain's Invisible Armies, 1939-45 with Alistair Moffat (Birlinn, 2026)

October 1, 2026 · 36 min

Throughout Britain, all day, every day and in the dead of night, the secret listeners went about their solitary work. Hands on headphones, these men and women, drawn from all walks of civilian life, listened to the coded messages of German…
How to Stay Human Forever: On America's Digital Technology Crisis with James Poulos

September 30, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

Many Americans have a constant dread of impending doom. Glued to the screens of our computers and smartphones, we sense that some total catastrophe is just around the corner. But what if our anxiety stems from an event that’s already…
“Ten Percent” – Will Humanity Survive AI?

September 27, 2026 · 38 min

Could humanity’s most powerful invention become a threat to its survival? In this episode of The Survival Curve, we examine the disturbing prospect behind the “ten percent” debate: a risk of catastrophe that cannot be precisely calculated…

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