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In this podcast, recorded at the Agile New Zealand conference, Shane Hastie, InfoQ Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Kaila Colbin from the Ministry of Awesome and Singularity University about the Nature of Technological Innovation and the Implications for Society\n\nWhy listen to this podcast:\n\n - The nature of technological innovation and the implications for society\n - The doubling curve which shows how innovations advance (eg Moore\u2019s Law)\n - The doubling in price-performance trend applies to any technology once it becomes information enabled\n - The convergence of multiple technologies which are on a doubling curve\n - Technology advances because of usefulness \u2013 the more useful something becomes the more we invest in it \n - These technologies need a more robust conversation than what we are currently having in society\n - The ethical obligations of programmers \u2013 consciously exploring the implications of the work that we do; will the code we write have a net contribution to humanity\n - Even if your job is safe \u2013 what is the implication of living in a society with massive inequality, political and social unrest and economic instability?\n\nMore on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ http://bit.ly/2nGTcL9\n\nYou can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq\n\nSubscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq\nLike InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8\nFollow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ\nFollow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq\nWant to see extented shownotes? Check the landing page on InfoQ: http://bit.ly/2nGTcL9