Slate Presents Techno Sapiens

Techno: The Automate Everything Edition

Future Tense fellows Christine Rosen and Marvin Ammori discuss online automation with Christopher Steiner, author of Automate This. By letting algorithms take over everything from the stock market to driving, are we ceding too much control?

The Tacocopter Edition

Future Tense fellows Christine Rosen and Marvin Ammori discuss private drone use with Nabiha Syed, a media lawyer and visiting fellow at the Yale Law School Information Society Project, and the co-founder of DroneU.org.

The Automate Everything Edition

Future Tense fellows Christine Rosen and Marvin Ammori discuss online automation with Christopher Steiner, author of Automate This. By letting algorithms take over everything from the stock market to driving, are we ceding too much control?

Techno Sapiens: The End of Serendipity Edition

Future Tense fellows Christine Rosen and Marvin Ammori discuss online rankings with Tom Vanderbilt, author of Traffic. The panelists consider whether rating everything from restaurants to books online is undermining expertise, intuition, and serendipity.

Techno Sapiens: The Digital College Dropout Edition

Future Tense fellows Christine Rosen and Marvin Ammori discuss online education with Daphne Koller, the co-founder of Coursera, a digital learning platform. The panelists consider whether massive open online courses are a better way to educate people.