Poetechnics is a new podcast from MIT Literature that explores the intersection of poetic and technical knowledge. Poetechnics is produced by Michael Lutz; early guests include Malka Older, Wyn Kelley, and more.
Daniel Braunstein, an instructor in MIT’s Pappalardo Lab, uses creative approaches in hands-on classes that transform undergrads into mechanical engineers.
right now when you just look at, you know, the entire spectrum of disinformation that we see out there? is it podcasts? is it places like fox? is it all of that taken together? i think it s a few things. i think our discourse has become incredibly course. i think there are algorithms on facebook and google that will recommend extreme dieting sites to a 5 10 100-pound 15 year-old. i worry these organizations have become so bullet proof and have overrun washington that their ability to show no regard for reckless abandon for the health of the commonwealth, weaponize elections, depress our teens, that the algorithm is wrong. they are immune from the same standards we ve held other companies to. for some reason we ve granted these companies the mother of all hall passes.
different ball game when you start talking about junk science as it relates to medical medical topics. yeah. so, i think they might have they might have poked the wrong bear here. we ll see if other shoes drop, if you will. so, does that mean that neil young could use some help in all of this? i mean, you know, if some other big name artists were to step in and, you know, hop on the band wagon, so to speak. well, that s exactly right, jim. this was an economic decision. joe rogan is the biggest artist in the world in a medium, podcasting. neil young is not. and so this was probably a fairly easy decision for them. now, if taylor swift or drake decide they want off the platform, they might find religion around junk science as it relates to covid-19. and what worries you the most right now when you just look at, you know, the entire spectrum of disinformation that we see out there? is it podcasts?
MIT Sloan Black Business Students Association (BBSA) launched a four-episode educational podcast series that tells the stories of four talented Black at Sloan students and alumni across the student journey, from application to the alumni experience.