Best Igor Grossmann Podcasts (2024)

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58: The Social Robots are Coming! (with Kerstin Dautenhahn) 49:02

9M ago49:02

49:02

Can we create wise robots? Kerstin Dautenhahn joins Igor and Charles to dive into the intriguing world of social robots, the finer points of “Robotiquette,” and the potential role such robots can play in supporting therapeutic treatments. Igor reflects on the limits of robot-based wisdom, Kerstin reveals the potential of Generative AI like ChatGPT …

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57: The Epic Challenge of Knowing Thyself (with David Dunning) 1:03:02

10M ago1:03:02

1:03:02

Can we ever really know ourselves, or are we destined to always make overly optimistic self-assessments? David Dunning joins Igor and Charles to discuss the Dunning-Kruger effect, the importance of asking the right questions, why arriving at an accurate view of ourselves is so challenging, and the implications for teaching, medicine, and even scien…

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56: Awe Reloaded (with Dacher Keltner) 50:08

11M ago50:08

50:08

Have we overlooked a major source of awe, right under our collective noses? Dacher Keltner returns to the On Wisdom studio to discuss his new book "Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life", the power of moral beauty, the desire for connection, and the importance of wandering. Igor suggest that awe can also entail …

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55: Wise of the Machines (with Sina Fazelpour) 1:04:20

12M ago1:04:20

1:04:20

How can we make AI wiser? And could AI make us wiser in return? Sina Fazelpour joins Igor and Charles to discuss the problem of bias in algorithms, how we might make machine learning systems more diverse, and the thorny challenge of alignment. Igor considers whether interacting with AIs might help us achieve higher levels of understanding, Sina sug…

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54: Emotions Are Not What You Think (with Lisa Feldman Barrett ) 49:04

1y ago49:04

49:04

What actually are “emotions” and how are they made? Lisa Feldman Barrett joins Igor and Charles to discuss what we’ve got right and what we’ve got completely wrong about the nature of our emotional lives. Igor grapples with the idea that red apples aren’t necessarily red, Lisa shares that anger doesn’t always look like anger, and Charles learns tha…

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53: Moral Reframing and The Science of Political Persuasion (with Robb Willer) 59:36

1+ y ago59:36

59:36

How can you persuade someone who disagrees with you on everything? In this episode, we discover the secrets of political persuasion with Robb Willer, a leading expert on political persuasion and moral reframing. Igor grills Robb on the ethics of activism in social science, Robb defends his mission to make a difference in the world, and Charles is a…

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EP.28 Natalia Villaman, Luis García & Fede Vaz: Las características creativas y facilitadoras del diseño en el contexto público [ESP] 34:08

1+ y ago34:08

34:08

En este tercer y último episodio de la miniserie, Natalia Villaman, Luis García y Fede Vaz nos comparten las caracterísitcas creativas y de facilitación cívica que el diseño tiene en el ámbito público. Discuten diferentes perspectivas, de la europea a la latinoamericana, y hablan de las posibilidades del diseño para avanzar la creación e implementa…

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EP.27 Diana Pamela Villa & Beatriz Belmonte: El diseño en el ciclo de políticas públicas [ESP] 39:27

1+ y ago39:27

39:27

En este segundo episodio en conversación con el Designing Policy Network, Diana Pamela Villa y Beatriz Belmonte discuten las formas en que el diseño se integra en el ciclo de políticas públicas. También brindan una perspectiva sobre los posibles caminos profesionales para diseñadoras y diseñadores interesados en este espacio. Asimismo, comparten re…

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EP.26 Ahmee Kim & Francesco Leoni: Designing for Policy [EN] 25:07

1+ y ago25:07

25:07

[EN] In this first episode, of a three episode miniseries hosting the Designing Policy Network, Ahmee Kim and Francesco Leoni discuss what it means to design in the policy realm, its conditions, possibilities and challenges. This episode is entirely in English. Audio production by Thomas Youn. Sofía Bosch Gómez interviewed Ahmee Kim and Francesco L…

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52: World Wide Wisdom (with Deepak Ramola) 55:12

1+ y ago55:12

55:12

Imagine gathering hard-earned lessons from survivors of human trafficking in Nepal, middle school children in Afghanistan, refugees in Europe, and even a man who has witnessed over 12,000 deaths. Deepak Ramola has been on such a lesson-gathering mission for a while, and he joins Igor and Charles to discuss the life lessons he has collected, who get…

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51: Tricky Colleagues and Contagious Emotions (with Tessa West) 57:48

1+ y ago57:48

57:48

How do we respond wisely to foolish behaviour in the workplace? Tessa West joins Igor and Charles to talk about the most common types of ‘jerks at work’ - including the bulldozer, the credit stealer, and the gaslighter, discussing what drives such unhelpful behaviour, and how best to deal with it. Igor explores the different ways we can respond to …

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50: Morality Meets World (with Joshua Greene) 57:28

2y ago57:28

57:28

To give to both your favourite charity and a super-effective charity recommended by experts, visit Giving Multiplier: https://givingmultiplier.org/invite/ONWISDOM Can insights from moral psychology increase donations to more effective charities? Joshua Greene joins Igor and Charles to discuss ventilator allocation and other pandemic-related trolley…

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49: Wise Goals (with Ayelet Fishbach) 47:44

2y ago47:44

47:44

What does goal-setting have to do with wisdom and how do we pick wise goals? Ayelet Fishbach joins Igor and Charles to discuss the dangers of moving too swiftly from planning-mode to action-mode, how to compromise across multiple goals, and why we need to rethink our relationships with vegetables! Igor underscores the importance of thinking of wisd…

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48: A Joyous Journey from Black-and-White to Grey (with Tom Gilovich) 48:26

2y ago48:26

48:26

Is "the spectrum" a more helpful way to think about the world than "categories"? Tom Gilovich joins Igor and Charles to discuss the perils of black-and-white thinking, the evolving data on the hot hand phenomenon, the science of regret, why foxes are wiser than hedgehogs, and the freedom that comes from learning that we are of less interest to othe…

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47: Charting Pandemic Waters: A Common Wisdom Model for Uncertain Times (with Howard Nusbaum) - Rebroadcast 1:02:02

2y ago1:02:02

1:02:02

(First Broadcast - 21st June 2020) What is the value of wisdom in the time of the global pandemic? Does the community of behavioural scientists studying wisdom agree on anything about the nature of wisdom? Can we say what we now know about wisdom and, conversely, what do we know we don’t yet know? Howard Nusbaum joins Igor and Charles to discuss th…

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46: Antifragility, Gut Feelings, and the Myth of Pure Evil (with Jonathan Haidt) - Rebroadcast 58:20

2y ago58:20

58:20

(First Broadcast - 4th November 2019) Does that which doesn’t kill you make you weaker? Should we always follow our emotions? Is life a battle between good people and bad people? And critically, what might the adoption of these three popular, but unwise, ideas be doing to a rising generation of young adults? Jonathan Haidt joins Igor and Charles to…

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45: Wisdom at Work (with Barry Schwartz) - Rebroadcast 59:20

2y ago59:20

59:20

(First Broadcast - 28th December 2018) Can we design our workplaces to generate wiser behaviour? Why do we work anyway, and would we still work if we didn’t get paid? Do employers even want their employees to develop wisdom? Barry Schwartz joins Igor and Charles to discuss how Aristotle’s Practical Wisdom applies in the 21st Century, the reasons wh…

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44: A Special Announcement 1:48

2y ago1:48

1:48

Igor and Charles return with a special announcement for On Wisdom listeners ...By Charles Cassidy and Igor Grossmann

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EP.25 Jorge Camacho: Transiciones, diseños y futuros, visiones latinoamericanas [ESP] 39:58

2y ago39:58

39:58

ESP Para el episodio final de nuestra segunda temporada quisimos retomar el tema de diseño, transiciones y futuros, ahora desde una perspectiva latinoamericana. Charlamos con Jorge Camacho, docente e investigador mexicano que enfoca su práctica en el diseño prospectivo y estratégico. Invitamos a Jorge a escuchar el primer episodio de esta segunda t…

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EP.24 Sofía Vargas y Ángel Melgoza: Historias de indignación y esperanza desde Sonora [ESP] 54:38

2y ago54:38

54:38

ESP Este episodio converge las experiencias e historias de Sofía Vargas y Angel Melgoza, dos profesionales y activadores sociales mexicanos con proyectos abordando problemas ambientales anclados en la región de Sonora, México. El hilo conductor de esta interesante charla es el rol de las narrativas y la práctica de crear y recopilar historias a tra…

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EP.23 Daniela Di Bella: Investigación y educación en Diseño Transicional, el caso de Palermo [ESP] 36:42

2+ y ago36:42

36:42

ESP Charlamos sobre la amplia experiencia en la adopción del framework en los cursos y proyectos estudiantiles de grado y posgrado tras el comienzo del vínculo entre la Universidad de Palermo y Carnegie Mellon. Daniela nos ofreció un mapa introductorio hacia la multiplicidad de publicaciones que han lanzado desde esta línea, en donde se puede ver e…

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EP.22 Erica Dorn: Civic Mobility and Suburban Futures [ENG] 47:27

2+ y ago47:27

47:27

ENG In this episode we had the pleasure of interviewing one of our co-hosts, Erica Dorn. Erica chatted with us about her Ph.D. research and the fieldwork she is doing on issues involving free movement and co-created democracy. Erica's research has led to some of our previous podcast interviews with experts on migration, democracy, and the making of…

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EP.21 Rebeca Lane: El Orden y el Caos [ESP] 49:33

2+ y ago49:33

49:33

ESP Nuestra invitada a esta conversación es Rebeca Lane (Rebeca Eunice Vargas Tamayac), quien se dedica al rap, y al activismo feminista dentro de la cultura hip-hop. Rebeca también usa las herramientas del hip-hop para dar talleres en donde comparte su conocimiento musical para la comunicación popular y personal, como una forma de visibilizar y co…

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EP.20 Igor Grossmann: The Science of Wisdom [ENG] 50:22

2+ y ago50:22

50:22

ENG In this episode we dip into the emerging new field of Wisdom Science with Igor Grossmann, director of the Wisdom and Culture Lab at the University of Waterloo and co-host of the podcast "On Wisdom". In this conversation, we take on the challenge of understanding wisdom, especially from the perspective of experimental psychology. We discussed so…

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EP.19 Pablo Montaño: Inspirando el involucramiento con la crisis climática: narrativas y el poder de la comunicación 37:50

2+ y ago37:50

37:50

ESP En este episodio, Pablo Montaño, politólogo y activista climático nos habla de la importancia del poder crear nuevas narrativas como una de las respuestas para impulsar los cambios necesarias y la exigencia de los mismos para contrarrestar la presente crisis climática. Pablo subrayó la importancia de comunicar la crisis climática actual y así c…

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EP.18 Christiana Bukalo and Thomas Nail: Being State Free and The Primacy of Motion [ENG] 1:02:04

2+ y ago1:02:04

1:02:04

ENG In this episode we bring together theory and practice as it relates to the free movement of people. Christiana Bukalo, founder of statefree, shares her story of being stateless and the barriers she is breaking down by reframing what it means to untether our identities from the nation state and by building a network for 'statefree' people from a…

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43: Invisible to Ourselves: A Life of a Psychological Scientist (with Richard Nisbett) 1:11:16

2+ y ago1:11:16

1:11:16

A disturbing thought - might it be impossible for us to directly observe the workings of our minds? Richard Nisbett joins Igor and Charles to discuss a life lived on the cutting edge of behavioral sciences in the second part of the 20th Century. He shares tales from his groundbreaking research into our faulty mindware, discussing various biases, cu…

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EP.17 Silvana Juri: Sabidurías Alimentarias [ESP] 43:23

2+ y ago43:23

43:23

ESP En este episodio, la investigadora de doctorado en Diseño para las Transiciones, Silvana Juri, nos cuenta sobre su fascinante investigación sobre diseño, alimentación y sabiduría. Trata de entender cómo el concepto de sabiduría se aplica en diferentes contextos culturales de alimentación. Como diseñadora, Silvana nos llama a practicar de forma …

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EP.16B Research Communities in Design: how doing a PhD in Design is shaping the discipline? [ENG] 35:45

2+ y ago35:45

35:45

ENG During the 3rd North American PhD by Design symposium, hosted online between the 5th and 10th of April, 2021, the Design in Transition team hosted a Conversation with different doctoral and master's students from across the globe. The discussion took interesting turns as we discussed different approaches on how to define design, bridging the ac…

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EP.16A Research Communities in Design: how doing a PhD in Design is shaping the discipline? [ENG] 17:22

2+ y ago17:22

17:22

ENG During the 3rd North American PhD by Design symposium, hosted online between the 5th and 10th of April, 2021, the Design in Transition team hosted a Conversation with different doctoral and master's students from across the globe. The discussion took interesting turns as we discussed different approaches on how to define design, bridging the ac…

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EP.15 Mariana Amatullo: El potencial del diseño para fomentar un cambio de actitudes, en educación y redes [ESP] 52:09

2+ y ago52:09

52:09

ESP En este episodio Mariana Amatullo nos cuenta sobre sus trayectorias como investigadora de diseño, así como algunos de sus proyectos actuales relacionados a la innovación pública, como Design for Social Innovation: Case Studies from Around the World. También nos explicó sobre su rol en Cumulus, la asocioación internacional dedicada a la educació…

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42: Reflections on Wisdom in the World after Covid 37:36

2+ y ago37:36

37:36

Which kind of wisdom will people need to master to overcome major negative societal and/or psychological changes after the pandemic? In the last episode of the World After Covid miniseries, Igor and Charles share and discuss responses from 57 of the world's leading behavioral and social scientists, collected as part of the World After Covid project…

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EP.14 Reece Jones and Iason Apostolopoulos: Violent Borders [ENG] 1:04:18

3y ago1:04:18

1:04:18

ENG: Along the southern border of the US and Europe, a long and racist history are perpetuating inhumane violence. Author and Professor from University of Hawaii, Reece Jones, shares some of the history of the United States progression of exclusiomary imigration policies - equipping our listners with historical contexts and foder for interventions …

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41: Wisdom for Negative Consequences (Pt. I) - Social Support, Sympathy & Compassion, Acknowledging Uncertainty, and Balancing Diverse Interests 35:14

3y ago35:14

35:14

Which kind of wisdom will people need to master to overcome major negative societal and/or psychological changes after the pandemic? Igor and Charles share and discuss responses from 57 of the world's leading behavioral and social scientists, collected as part of the World After Covid project. Each episode, four responses are selected. This time, t…

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EP.13 Terry Irwin and Gideon Kossoff: Transition Design Today [ENG] 48:59

3y ago48:59

48:59

ENG: To kick off season 2 of the Design in Transition podcast, we had a conversation with Terry Irwin and Gideon Kossoff, director and associate director, respectively, of the Transition Design Institute. Terry and Gideon along with Cameron Tonkinwise developed the building blocks of the initial Transition Design framework and integrated it into th…

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40: World After Covid series: Negative Consequences (Part II) - Autobiographical Memory, Estrangement, Political Conflict, and Prejudice 38:14

3y ago38:14

38:14

Which domain or aspect of social life will show the most significant negative societal and/or psychological change in response to the pandemic? Igor and Charles share and discuss responses from 57 of the world's leading behavioral and social scientists, collected as part of the World After Covid project. Each episode, four responses are selected. T…

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39: World After Covid series: Negative Consequences (Part I) - Social Inequality, Loneliness, Economic Hardships, and Despair 30:30

3y ago30:30

30:30

Which domain or aspect of social life will show the most significant negative societal and/or psychological change in response to the pandemic? Igor and Charles share and discuss responses from 57 of the world's leading behavioral and social scientists, collected as part of the World After Covid project. Each episode, four responses are selected. T…

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38: World After Covid series: Wisdom for Positive Consequences (Pt. II) - Critical Thinking, Intellectual Humility, Political Cooperation, and Solidarity 43:12

3y ago43:12

43:12

What kind of wisdom will people need to capitalize on the positive societal and/or psychological change after the pandemic? Igor and Charles share and discuss responses from 57 of the world's leading behavioral and social scientists, collected as part of the World After Covid project. Each episode, four responses are selected. This time, the conver…

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37: World After Covid series: Wisdom for Positive Consequences (Pt. I) - Sympathy and Compassion, Self-distancing, Perspective-taking, and Learning from pandemics 29:36

3y ago29:36

29:36

What kind of wisdom will people need to capitalize on the positive societal and/or psychological change after the pandemic? Igor and Charles share and discuss responses from 57 of the world's leading behavioral and social scientists, collected as part of the World After Covid project. Each episode, four responses are selected. This time, the conver…

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Bonus Episode [ENG]: Sound experiments à la exquisite corpse: sensing/thinking the pluriverse and making worlds 34:29

3y ago34:29

34:29

Second year MDes Candidates and First year PhD Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) created audios in an exquisite corpse fashion (a technique used by surrealists painters where they would draw on a sheet of paper, fold it to conceal part of the drawing, and then pass it to the next painter to build on the previous contribution). These…

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Episodio Extra [ESP]: Experimentos sonoros a la cadaver exquisito: sentipensando el pluriverso y haciendo mundos 41:40

3y ago41:40

41:40

Los candidatos a la Maestría en Diseño e investigadores de doctorado en Transition Design de Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) crearon audios en una forma de "cadáver exquisito" (una técnica utilizada por los pintores surrealistas donde tomando turnos, dibujaban en una hoja de papel, doblándola para ocultar parte del dibujo y luego se la pasaba de u…

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36: World After Covid series: Positive Consequences (Part II) - Political cooperation, Nature, Solidarity, and Prosocial behaviours 44:00

3+ y ago44:00

44:00

Which domain or aspect of social life will show the most significant positive societal and/or psychological change in response to the pandemic? Igor and Charles share and discuss responses given to the question about positive change in response to the pandemic by 57 of the world's leading behavioral and social scientists, collected as part of the W…

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EP.12 - Michael Jones: Reconnecting with place 44:07

3+ y ago44:07

44:07

ENG: How can we reconnect with our places, its communities and ecosystems? In this episode, Erica Dorn and Sofía Bosch spoke with Michael Jones, renowned multidisciplinary researcher of place, creative facilitator, speaker, writer and pianist. They spoke about his book The Soul of Place and the way he relates our positioning on earth with our commu…

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EP.11 - Marisol de la Cadena: Despensando el diseño y no-sol‪o‬ 57:23

3+ y ago57:23

57:23

ESP: Cómo la idea del pluriverso puede ayudarnos a indisciplinar nuestras perspectivas como diseñadores? En este episodio Marysol Ortega y Silvana Juri tuvieron una conversación con Marisol de la Cadena sobre el pluriverso como una forma de vivir y de crear mundos que no están separados sino interrelacionados y de cómo esta postura analítica afecta…

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EP.10 - Micah Blumenthal: On the patience of transitions 1:00:39

3+ y ago1:00:39

1:00:39

ENG: How can we hold the patience to design for impossible possibilities? In this episode, Silvana Juri and Erica Dorn talk with Micah Blumenthal –designer, hip hop radio host, and worker trustee at Good Work Institute– about the inner work that is required for enabling just transitions, those in which power is shared more equitably. We hope you ar…

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EP.9 - Pablo Calderón Salazar: Tejiendo diseños 48:04

3+ y ago48:04

48:04

ESP: ¿Podemos experimentar, abordar y enseñar el diseño de formas no hegemónicas? ¿Se puede desarrollar un diseño basado en lo local y lo autónomo? En este episodio, Sofía Bosch y Marysol Ortega conversan con el diseñador e investigador colombiano Pablo Calderón Salazar, Profesor Asociado en la Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano. Durante la e…

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35: World After Covid series: Positive Consequences (Part I) - Political and structural change, Care for elders, Social connectedness, and Reconsidering habits 28:24

3+ y ago28:24

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Which domain or aspect of social life will show the most significant positive societal and/or psychological change in response to the pandemic? Igor and Charles share and discuss responses given to the question about positive change in response to the pandemic by 57 of the world's leading behavioral and social scientists, collected as part of the W…

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EP.8 - Lilly Irani: Work, ethics and justice in tech and design 1:08:37

3+ y ago1:08:37

1:08:37

ENG: How can we design technological systems that take into account the actual needs of communities? Can we avoid surveillance and the deterioration of our social fabrics because of our technologies? In this episode, Marysol Ortega and Sofía Bosch talk with Lilly Irani –Associate Professor at UC San Diego and ethnographer of work– about bringing a …

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34: World After Covid series: Wisdom for Now (Part II) - What's important, Living in the moment, Social connectedness, and Shared humanity 22:33

3+ y ago22:33

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What one piece of wisdom is important to give to people now to help them make it through the pandemic? Igor and Charles share and discuss responses given to this critical question by 57 of the world's leading behavioral and social scientists, collected as part of the World After Covid project. Each episode, four responses are selected. This time, t…

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33: World After Covid series: Wisdom for Now (Part I) 27:18

3+ y ago27:18

27:18

What one piece of wisdom is important to give to people now to help them make it through the pandemic? Igor and Charles share and discuss responses given to this critical question by 57 of the world's leading behavioral and social scientists, collected as part of the World After Covid project. Each episode, four responses are selected. This time, t…

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