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Aleks Krotoski asks why we're always yearning for next technological solution to our problems rather than settling on the one we've just got?

Aleks Krotoski asks why we're always yearning for next technological solution to our problems?

What is it that has driven us to the current, seemingly relentless cycle of innovation. It鈥檚 not all explained by consumerism, there appears to be a deeper motivation - as if we鈥檙e already half living in an imagined future of ever greater technological possibilities.

Is this how we鈥檙e evolving, instead of adapting to the world like other species, we鈥檙e adapting the world to suit us?

Producer: Peter McManus

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Thu 22 Sep 2022 20:30

Tom Chatfield

Tom Chatfield
Tom Chatfield (@TomChatfield) is a British author and tech philosopher. He鈥檚 interested in improving our experiences and understanding of technology. Tom鈥檚 non-fiction books exploring digital culture have appeared in over thirty languages. His bestselling critical thinking textbooks and online courses are used in schools and universities across the world.聽

Prof. Sanjay Manohar

Prof. Sanjay Manohar
Sanjay Manohar is a cognitive neuroscientist and consultant neurologist at the University of Oxford. He studies how neurons produce cognition, and how brain disorders disrupt thought. He is especially interested in brain chemicals that control our motivation, making us more impulsive or apathetic.

Luke Stark

Luke Stark

Luke聽Stark is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies聽at Western University in London, Ontario. His work interrogating the historical,聽social, and ethical impacts聽of digital technologies has appeared in journals聽including聽The Information Society, Social Studies of Science, and聽New聽Media & Society, and in popular venues like聽Slate, The Globe and聽Mail,聽and聽The Boston Globe.

Gemma Milne

Gemma Milne

Gemma Milne is a writer and researcher focused on narratives surrounding, activism in and political economy of science and technology. She is author聽of 'Smoke & Mirrors: How Hype Obscures the Future and How to See Past It', is currently a PhD researcher in Science and Technology Studies at UCL, writes for outlets such as The Guardian, WIRED, Forbes, the 麻豆社 and others, and is co-host of the Radical Science podcast.聽

David Buckley

David Buckley

Emmy nominated composer David Buckley is currently scoring Kandahar starring Gerard Butler. Recent film scores include Universal鈥檚 Nobody starring Bob Odenkirk, Greenland also starring Butler, the remake of Papillon starring Charlie Hunnam & Rami Malek, Jason Bourne directed by Paul Greengrass and The Nice Guys for Shane Black and Joel Silver. Previous scores include the Joel Schumacher-directed thriller Blood Creek, Ben Affleck鈥檚 crime drama The Town, Taylor Hackford鈥檚 action feature Parker and Rob Minkoff鈥檚 fantasy adventure The Forbidden Kingdom.

Born in England, David鈥檚 first involvement with film music was as a cathedral choirboy performing on Peter Gabriel鈥檚 score for Martin Scorsese鈥檚 The Last Temptation of Christ.聽

As well as film and TV, David has written the music for a number of games, including Batman Arkham Knight (Warner Bros/Rocksteady).


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