Ranked #1
7.01: Do We Really Need to Keep the Internet Around?
7.01: Do We Really Need to Keep the Internet Around?
Season 7’s charter—by way of a rollicking argument about Alan Jacobs’ The Year of Our Lord 1943 and Tolkien’s idea of eu... Read more
27 Mar 2019
•
38mins
Ranked #2
4.02: Helpiness
4.02: Helpiness
We pick up from our discussion of Facebook and Internet.org last week to look at the broader questions we raised then: h... Read more
18 Jan 2016
•
25mins
Ranked #3
7.05: Chattanooga, China, and Subsidiarity
7.05: Chattanooga, China, and Subsidiarity
Localism is great! …but it is no panacea. Show Notes We look at everything from American racial history to the differenc... Read more
23 May 2019
•
35mins
Ranked #4
7.10: An Experiment In Moral Imagination, Pt. 1
7.10: An Experiment In Moral Imagination, Pt. 1
Show Notes Press pause on the dystopias. Set aside interventions. Dream a little of a non-technocratic world. We’ve most... Read more
11 Sep 2019
•
43mins
Most Popular Podcasts
The Joe Rogan Experience
TED Talks Daily
The Tim Ferriss Show
The Daily
Stuff You Should Know
Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Ranked #5
7.02: People Who Don’t Want To Do Things
7.02: People Who Don’t Want To Do Things
Any positive vision of the future must contend with people who like the current way of doing things. We discuss personal... Read more
10 Apr 2019
•
42mins
Ranked #6
7.03: Ari Wallach
7.03: Ari Wallach
An interview with the founder of Longpath about his vision for the future and trans-generational ethics. Show Notes We c... Read more
25 Apr 2019
•
49mins
Ranked #7
7.07: The ERLC AI Statement, Part 2
7.07: The ERLC AI Statement, Part 2
Data privacy, just war, the sovereignty of God… there’s a lot here! Show Notes We dig into the rest of the ERLC’s statem... Read more
19 Jul 2019
•
45mins
Ranked #8
6.11: Very Thoughtful Ethics Dogs
6.11: Very Thoughtful Ethics Dogs
Reflecting on the limits of AI, and the limits we should put on AI. Show Notes AI is coming and it’s going to take all o... Read more
31 Aug 2018
•
37mins
Ranked #9
7.06: The ERLC AI Statement, Part 1
7.06: The ERLC AI Statement, Part 1
People reflecting proactively on ethics? Sold! …mostly. Mostly! Show Notes The ERLC published a statement on artificial ... Read more
3 Jul 2019
•
43mins
Ranked #10
7.13: A Healthy Tension
7.13: A Healthy Tension
Chris and Stephen talk about an interesting article… and then pivot to the nature of this podcast and some of their heal... Read more
21 Nov 2019
•
44mins
Ranked #11
6.07: People Do Reject Technologies, Part 1
6.07: People Do Reject Technologies, Part 1
Google Glass, snap judgments, and how we form ourselves to make those snap judgments well. Show Notes Google Glass faile... Read more
14 Jun 2018
•
30mins
Ranked #12
7.04: Not Better Enough
7.04: Not Better Enough
Rejecting solutionism, the problems of the humane, and wise change. Show Notes We dig into the challenge of taking a non... Read more
9 May 2019
•
38mins
Ranked #13
6.06: A Kind of Blindness
6.06: A Kind of Blindness
Smart cities, “big data”, and the meaninglessness of mere information. Show Notes We attempt to take down the idea that ... Read more
16 May 2018
•
31mins
Ranked #14
7.09: Frictioneers
7.09: Frictioneers
Can adding a little friction back to user interfaces save us? Show notes We talk about the currently-trendy concept of (... Read more
29 Aug 2019
•
37mins
Ranked #15
7.12: An Experiment in Moral Imagination, Pt. 3
7.12: An Experiment in Moral Imagination, Pt. 3
Sustainable long-distance transportation, or really great virtual reality? Fight! Show notes Which would make for health... Read more
23 Oct 2019
•
36mins
Ranked #16
[Bonus] 7.01 Outtake: Twitter is Strongbad
[Bonus] 7.01 Outtake: Twitter is Strongbad
7.01 will be in your ears tomorrow. For today: how Stephen copes with Twitter.
27 Mar 2019
•
1min
Ranked #17
Jake Meador: In Search of the Common Good
Jake Meador: In Search of the Common Good
Hey listeners, we had a miscommunication leading to the episode originally being published with the wrong intro music—so... Read more
5 Dec 2019
•
59mins
Ranked #18
7.08: Literally Metaphorically Listen for Earthquakes
7.08: Literally Metaphorically Listen for Earthquakes
Show Notes We pause from issue-focused episodes and try to pull together the threads of the season so far to take a step... Read more
8 Aug 2019
•
37mins
Ranked #19
100!
100!
Our 100th episode spectacular – with a look at where we have come from and where we are going. Show Notes It’s been four... Read more
16 Aug 2018
•
40mins
Ranked #20
7.11: An Experiment in Moral Imagination, Pt. 2
7.11: An Experiment in Moral Imagination, Pt. 2
“Go Do Earth Things”, or, How 80 Years of Non-Technocratic Thinking Might Improve Phoenix, AZShow notes What will the wo... Read more
5 Oct 2019
•
35mins
