Technologies Change How You Work and Play
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By Tracy Moran
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WHY YOU SHOULD CARE
There s no halting progress, so learn how artificial intelligence, cryptocurrencies and other new technologies will change the way we all work, live and play.
By Tracy Moran
May28, 2021
Are you overwhelmed with emails? (This newsletter aside, of course). Would work be better as a game? And how will artificial intelligence, cryptocurrencies and other new technologies change the way we all work, live and play? This week on a technology-themed edition of
Wherever You Get Your Podcasts, we explore some podcasts featuring thinkers who are attempting to answer these questions.
Let’s Be Blunt: Marijuana Is a Boon for Older Workers (Ep. 459)
April 21, 2021 @ 11:00pm Listen now:
The state-by-state rollout of legalized weed has given economists a perfect natural experiment to measure its effects. Here’s what we know so far and don’t know about the costs and benefits of legalization.
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Hey there, it’s Stephen Dubner. Before today’s episode, I’d like to tell you about a brand-new podcast that I think you’ll be interested in. It’s called
Sudhir Breaks the Internet. Sudhir Venkatesh is a sociologist, at Columbia University, who during the first couple decades of his career embedded himself with drug gangs and gun runners and sex workers. He then wrote a fascinating book called
How to Manage Your Goal Hierarchy (Ep. 458)
April 14, 2021 @ 11:00pm
, People I (Mostly) Admire host Steve Levitt admits to
No Stupid Questions co-host Angela Duckworth that he knows almost nothing about psychology. But once Angela gives Steve a quick tutorial on “goal conflict,” he is suddenly a fan. They also talk parenting, self-esteem, and how easy it is to learn econometrics if you feel like it.
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Stephen DUBNER: Hey there, it’s Stephen Dubner. If there’s one thing we’ve all learned from a year-long pandemic shutdown, it’s that no two people respond exactly the same way to a year-long pandemic shutdown. Around here, we responded by starting some new podcasts. You may already know this, if you follow us closely. The first show we called