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Civitech co-founder and CEO Jeremy Smith joins Plutopia to discuss how technology, personal trust, and grassroots organizing can expand political participation in Texas and beyond. He explains how Civitech helps… The post Jeremy Smith: Beyond the Voter Rolls first appeared on Plutopia News Network.

Nicole Ozer, the new Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, joins the Plutopia News Network to discuss protecting privacy, free expression, and digital rights, and civil liberties as AI… The post Nicole Ozer and the Electronic Frontier Foundation first appeared on Plutopia News Network.

Filmmaker J. M. (Josh) Logan joins Plutopia to discuss how his experience in special effects, sound, and post-production shapes his approach to directing. Exploring his feature “The Relic: Dragon,” he… The post J. M. Logan: Monsters, Myths, and Moviemaking first appeared on Plutopia News Network.

On the Plutopia News Network podcast, former Republican strategist Jen Thompson discusses her memoir, Wild Pivot: Notes from a Political Life Rewritten, and the near-fatal car crash that prompted her… The post Jen Thompson: Wild Pivot first appeared on Plutopia News Network.

Cory Doctorow returns to the Plutopia podcast to discuss The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI and the struggle over who controls technology in the workplace. He distinguishes between… The post Cory Doctorow: AI, Corporate Power, and the Fight for Worker Control first appeared on Plutopia News Network.

Technology journalist Paulina Borsook returns to Plutopia to discuss the republication of Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech, her 2000 critique of Silicon Valley’s… The post Paulina Borsook: Cyberselfish Redux first appeared on Plutopia News Network.

Journalist and educator Jeff Jarvis returns to the Plutopia podcast to discuss Hot Type: The Magnificent Machine That Gave Birth to Mass Media and Drove Mark Twain Mad, exploring how… The post Jeff Jarvis: Hot Type first appeared on Plutopia News Network.

Broadcaster Richard Wolinsky joins the Plutopia News Network to discuss Spaceships, Ray Guns, Martian Octopods, his oral history weaving decades of interviews with science fiction writers, editors, and fans into… The post Richard Wolinsky: Science Fiction first appeared on Plutopia News Network.

The Plutopia team discusses data-center opposition, the uncertain AI boom, political chaos, public health, and an increasingly unreliable media. The post Data Centers, Political Chaos, and the Cost of the AI Boom first appeared on Plutopia News Network.

Finn Myrstad explains how Big Tech exploits our data and attention—and how stronger rules could help us reclaim the internet. The post Finn Myrstad: Reclaiming the Internet first appeared on Plutopia News Network.

Peter Wang, Anaconda’s co-founder and Chief AI Innovation Officer, argues that AI’s greatest dangers are less likely to resemble a violent science-fiction takeover than an unobtrusive erosion of human autonomy… The post Peter Wang: Beyond Skynet first appeared on Plutopia News Network.

Dr. Leonie Tanczer discusses how smartphones, connected household devices, surveillance tools, location trackers and AI can be repurposed to facilitate domestic abuse, allowing perpetrators to monitor, manipulate and intimidate victims… The post Leonie Tanczer: Technology and Control first appeared on Plutopia News Network.

Cyborg anthropologist Amber Case argues that technology should quietly support human life rather than dominate our attention. Contrasting clock-driven “Chronos” time with meaningful “Kairos” time, she explains how smartphones, unstable… The post Amber Case: Calm Technology first appeared on Plutopia News Network.

In this Plutopia podcast interview, entrepreneur and author Brett Hurt presents the optimistic thesis of his book Love Conquers Fear: humanity can use AI and other rapidly advancing technologies to… The post Brett Hurt: Love Conquers Fear first appeared on Plutopia News Network.

Dr. Rob van Eijk discusses how Europe treats privacy as a fundamental right under the GDPR, contrasting it with the United States’ largely consumer-protection approach. He explains the distinction between… The post Rob van Eijk: Privacy, AI, and Digital Sovereignty first appeared on Plutopia News Network.