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Industrial Society and Its Future | Machine Intelligence, Encryption, and the Will to Power

Published: Jan. 1, 2018, 4 a.m.

In\xa0Episode 28 of Hidden Forces, host Demetri Kofinas lays out his vision for a future driven by the emergent forces we have been covering in 2017. He reads passages from Ted Kaczynski\u2019s \u201cIndustrial Society and its Future,\u201d as well as from Bill Joy\u2019s \u201cWhy the Future Doesn\u2019t Need Us.\u201d He plays clips from interviews with Barack Obama, Tim Cook, and Jamie Dimon, as he considers how power, privacy, and control, all factor into the emerging technological landscape.

What is the goal of the machine? What do we seek to accomplish with our technologies? What are the benefits and the costs associated with the technological, political, and economic forces of the modern age?\xa0

Producer & Host:\xa0Demetri Kofinas
Editor: Stylianos Nicolaou

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