Tristan Harris

In 1985, scientists in Antarctica discovered a hole in the ozone layer that posed a catastrophic threat to life on earth if we didn't do something about it.

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We really enjoyed hearing all of your questions for our annual Ask Us Anything episode. There was one question that kept coming up: what might a different world look like?

Few thinkers were as prescient about the role technology would play in our society as the late, great Neil Postman. Forty years ago, Postman warned about all the ways modern communication technology was fragmenting our attention, overwhelming us into apathy, and creating a society obsessed with image and entertainment.

This week, we're bringing you Tristan's conversation with Tobias Rose-Stockwell on his podcast “Into the Machine.” Tobias is a designer, writer, and technologist and the author of the book “ The Outrage Machine .”

Is the US really in an AI race with China—or are we racing toward completely different finish lines?

So much of our world today can be summed up in the cold logic of “if I don't, they will.” This is the foundation of game theory, which holds that

When the most powerful technology we’ve ever built is driven by economic and political incentives, can governance catch up?