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The march of computer technology continues. But as silicon chips and search engines become faster and more productive \u2013 can the same be said for us?\nThe creator of Wolfram Alpha describes how his new \u201ccomputational knowledge engine\u201d is changing \u2013 and improving - how we process information. Meanwhile, suffering from data and distraction burnout? Find out what extremes some folks take to stop their search engines.\nAlso, the Singularity sensation of humans merging with machines\u2026 and, why for the ancient Greeks all of this is \u201cbeen there, done that.\u201d A deep sea dive turns up a 2,000 year old computer!\nGuests:\n\n\nJo Marchant - Freelance science journalist and author of Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer-and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets\n\n\n\nStephen Wolfram - Mathematican, computer programmer, and founder of Wolfram Research and Wolfram Alpha\n\n\nFred Stutzman - PhD student at the University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science\n\n\nPeggy Orenstein - author and contributing editor to the New York Times Magazine, which is where we found her article \u201cStop Your Search Engines\u201d\n\n\n\nRay Kurzweil - Inventor, futurist and author, most recently, of The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology\n\n\nDescripci\xf3n en espa\xf1ol\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices