What Will We Fear Next?
COVID changed many people’s relationship with technology… so what comes next? We explore why technophobia always happens in cycles, how we misuse science in a way that amplifies fear, and what everyone will be concerned about in five to 10 years.
EPISODE NOTES
• Amy Orben and her Sisyphean Cycle of Technology Panics
• Justin E. H. Smith writing about his evolving book project on The Point
• Kevin Roose and his book Futureproof
• Peter Diamandis and his book The Future Is Faster Than You Think
• Matt Ridley and his book How Innovation Works
• Facebook Depression ABC Action News story
• Senator Josh Hawley making “evidence”-based anti-internet case
• 1941 Mary Preston paper on radio addiction
• Scientific American’s coverage of Amy Orben’s social media research
• Survey: 9 in 10 Americans have a better opinion of technology during Covid
• There Aren’t Luddites In A Quarantine
• NY Times: Coronavirus Ended the Screen-Time Debate. Screens Won.
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