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Exponential View
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Azeem Azhar, curator of Exponential View, goes deep and insightful in conversation with leading thinkers about how technology is driving exponential change in our business models, political economy and society. You can subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play or wherever you go to get your podcasts.
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Catching up with Exponential View
Jun 17, 201900:00:26Tap to summarizeWe are now available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and many more. Just search for "Exponential View podcast"!
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Technology Diffusion & the Rise of Asia: Parag Khanna in Conversation with Azeem Azhar
Feb 6, 201900:35:11Tap to summarizeParag Khanna is a leading international relations expert, who recently published a new book "The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict and Culture in the 21st Century". Azeem and Parag discuss the law of technology diffusion, break common myths about Asia's development, and question whether the future belongs to cities or nation-states. www.exponentialview.co
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Overcoming the Epistemic Crisis: Elif Shafak in Conversation with Azeem Azhar
Jan 30, 201900:26:41Tap to summarizeElif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish author and human rights activist. She has published 16 books, 10 of which are novels. The New York Review of Books called her latest novel "Three Daughters of Eve" a 'marvelous lesson in multiculturalist angst, the clash between modernity and tradition, and the vicissitudes of personal struggle'. Elif and Azeem discuss the polarisation of culture springing out of the foundations of the open internet, and the ways to tackle the pervasive issues in today's digital technology sphere. www.exponentialview.co
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Regulating the Cyberspace: Marietje Schaake in Conversation with Azeem Azhar
Jan 23, 201900:37:44Tap to summarizeMarietje Schaake is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Netherlands. The Wall Street Journal called her "Europe's most wired politician", and Politico named her the "ultimate digital MEP". Marietje is the Member of the Committee on International Trade, Vice-Chair of the Delegation for Relations with the US, and she established a Digital Agenda intergroup, gathering Members of the Parliament who are interested in addressing the future of digital technologies. Marietje and Azeem discuss the governance of the cyberspace, responsibility of technology companies, and the new era of geopolitical competition in cyber space. www.exponentialview.co
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Making Sense of the Data-Rich World with Graph Databases: Emil Eifrem and Azeem Azhar in Conversation
Jan 16, 201900:51:58Tap to summarizeEmil Eifrem is the CEO and co-founder of Neo4j, the graph database platform powering some of the largest companies today. Emil is the creator of the property graph model and he coined the term "graph database" to describe the technology that would change how we understand big data. Neo4j's technology was used to reveal the rogue offshore financial relationships in the largest journalist leak ever, the Panama Papers. www.exponentialview.co
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The State of Artificial intelligence: Jack Clark and Azeem Azhar in Conversation
Dec 26, 201801:01:52Tap to summarizeJack Clark is Policy Director at OpenAI. He has contributed to the development of the AI Index, an AI forecasting and progress initiative that is part of the Stanford One Hundred Year Study on AI. Azeem and Jack discuss the state of artificial intelligence development, the geopolitics of technology, and the implications of automation on the society. www.exponentialview.co
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Quantified Self, Data Ownership & Sociological Approach to Technology: Gina Neff and Azeem Azhar in Conversation
Dec 19, 201800:40:30Tap to summarizeGina Neff is a Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor at the Oxford Internet Institute and at the Department of Sociology, University of Oxford. She studies innovation, the digital transformation of industries, and how new technologies impact work. Gina published three books: Self-Tracking (MIT Press) in 2016, Surviving the New Economy (Routledge) in 2015, and Venture Labor (MIT Press) in 2012. Gina and Azeem discuss technology development from a sociological perspective, and the implications of self-tracking and quantifyied self for the individual, as well as the society. www.exponentialview.co
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Renewable Energy, Climate Change and Technology: Michael Liebreich and Azeem Azhar in Conversation
Dec 12, 201800:57:49Tap to summarizeMichael Liebreich is a leading global expert on clean energy and transportation, smart infrastructure, technology, climate finance and sustainable development. He founded New Energy Finance in 2004, which was acquired by Bloomberg in 2009. Michael and Azeem discuss the significance of the US National Climate Assessment and IPCC's report, staying below two degrees, and the role of exponential technologies in transitioning to renewables. www.exponentialview.co
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Diplomacy in the Age of GAFA: Casper Klynge and Azeem Azhar in Conversation
Dec 5, 201801:01:46Tap to summarizeCasper Klynge is the world's first Tech Ambassador with a global mandate and staff in Copenhagen, Silicon Valley and Beijing. His appointment as the Danish Tech Ambassador in 2017 marked a new phase in diplomacy and international relations, and the first time a nation state deployed an Ambassador to represent its citizens to the world's most powerful technology companies. Casper and Azeem assess the current alignment between some of the largest technology companies and nation states, and discuss the role of technology in fostering democracy and innovation. www.exponentialview.co
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Doughnut Economics, Rethinking Economics for the 21st Century: Kate Raworth and Azeem Azhar in Conversation
Nov 28, 201800:54:36Tap to summarizeKate Raworth is a Senior Visiting Research Associate at Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute, where she teaches on the Masters in Environmental Change and Management. She is also a Senior Associate at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Kate is focused on exploring the economic mindset needed to address the 21st century’s social and ecological challenges. In this episode, Kate and Azeem discuss the Doughnut economics framework, as the essence of rethinking economics for the world inhabited by 10 billion people, hit by climate change, and social justice struggles. Kate sets a vision for an equitable and sustainable future. www.exponentialview.co
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