David Autor – American economist Here’s a startling fact: in the 45 years since the introduction of the automated teller machine, those vending machines that dispense cash, the number of human… Read More »David Autor: Will Automation Take Away All Our Jobs? (Full Transcript)
Iyad Rahwan – Australian-Syrian scientist Today I’m going to talk about technology and society. The Department of Transport estimated that last year 35,000 people died from traffic crashes in the US… Read More »Iyad Rahwan: What Moral Decisions Should Driverless Cars Make? (Transcript)
Tricia Wang – Technology ethnographer In ancient Greece, when anyone from slaves to soldiers, poets and politicians, needed to make a big decision on life’s most important questions, like, “Should I… Read More »The Human Insights Missing from Big Data: Tricia Wang (Full Transcript)
Albert Wenger – Managing Parter at Union Square Ventures All of our economic theory, all of our business practice, all of our public policy, they were all developed during an era… Read More »A BIG Idea, a Bot Idea: How Smart Policy Will Advance Tech by Albert Wenger at TEDxNewYork (Transcript)
Muneeb Ali – Co-founder of Blockstack Today I’m going to tell you about how I fell in love with the internet. And how I realize that the internet is fundamentally broken… Read More »Welcome to the New Internet: Muneeb Ali at TEDxNewYork (Transcript)
Ben Wellington – Data scientist Six thousand miles of road, 600 miles of subway track, 400 miles of bike lanes, and a half a mile of tram track, if you’ve… Read More »How We Found the Worst Place to Park in New York City Using Big Data: Ben Wellington at TEDxNewYork (Transcript)
Tom Uglow – Designer I’d like to start by asking you all to go to your happy place, please. Yes, your happy place, I know you’ve got one even if it’s… Read More »An Internet Without Screens Might Look Like This: Tom Uglow at TED Talks (Transcript)