January 28, 2016
January 21, 2016
• China arrests labor activists and human rights lawyers as the economy continues to show signs of weakness.
• Wealth inequality around the world is growing even faster than projected. The top 1% holds 99% of the world's wealth.
• New research indicates Americans are more divided by ideology than race, gender, or religion.
Guest: Professor Shanto Iyengar of Stanford University
January 14, 2016
Topics:
• New technology makes it easier to identify terrorists but also a dictator's opponents.
• Subtle ways politicians use emotion for political ends.
• Techniques for making it harder for dictators to seize power
Part 2 of Roland's interview with Professor Alastair Smith, co-author of The Dictator's Handbook
January 6, 2016
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Radio Alexandria's programs promote diverse points of view and encourage original, speculative ideas about humanity's future. Our flagship program The Next Chapter examines such controversial, cutting edge ideas as Martin Ford's description of a society where virtually all the work is done by machines, the Singularity of Ray Kurzweil and others. Eliezer Yudkovsky's theory of Friendly AI, and philosopher Nick Bostrom's theory of reality as a simulation by a super civilization. These ideas are often discussed among the educated elite. They are likely to shape the future of humanity in the 21st Century.
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