The Ned Ludd Radio Hour
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The Ned Ludd Radio Hour is a look at our technological future. Should we be worried about artificial intelligence? Should we fear how much time we spend on our phones? Should we agonize about bad actors utilizing our data? For people who love tech and people who hate it, The Ned Ludd Radio Hour is the ultimate forum for the big conversations about technology, power and the places they meet.
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Unsubscribe! (but not to this podcast, please)
Julio Vincent Gambuto is a New York based author and marketing professional. His new book is Please Unsubscribe, Thanks!: How to Take Back Our Time, Attention, and Purpose in a Relentless World. As you’ll hear from our conversation, most … -
The Case for Reading: do we need to rediscover a love of books?
Here in the UK we have an estimated adult literacy rate of 99%, which the US is at 86%. Amongst UN member states, the average is 86.7%. Adult literacy has been one of the great triumphs of the 20th century, but it has also become a productive nece… -
The Fall of the House of Apple: has the Silicon Valley giant become deeply uncool?
it’s time to talk about Apple. Apple that big, sleek, glossy company with a current market cap of some $3.3 trillion dollars. The same Apple with whose products you are, quite plausibly, listening to this podcast. Indeed, they’re the reason a podc… -
The Uncertainty Paradox
The impact that technology has on psychology is a new field of research, and one where the multi-decade studies required to give definitive answers are still many years away. One of the other fields being covered is the area of certainty. Is the i… -
A Brief History of (predominantly Artificial) Intelligence
Today, we're speaking to Kester Brewin, an author who works for the delightfully named Institute for the Future of Work here in London. He’s just about to release a new book called God-like: a 500 year history of Artif… -
The Age of Enshittification
'Enshittification' is a word coined by the Canadian writer and technologist Cory Doctorow to describe, to filch Wikipedia’s definition, “the pattern of decreasing quality of online platforms that function as two-sided markets”. Th… -
The Kids Aren't Alright
I don’t want to be too pearl clutching in all this, but there are some kids who never touch grass, figuratively or literally. I see these groups of teenagers in London who seem to be chatting but seem also to have their headphones in, like they’re… -
The Work from Home Revolution
Look, let’s get real: if you’re a bricklayer or a pilot or a veterinary nurse or a paediatric orthodontist or the pest control guy who delicately places pieces of cheese in mouse traps, there hasn’t been a work from home revolution. The revolution… -
The Hedge Bet on Humanity
This is an atypical episode of The Ned Ludd Radio Hour to kick things off in 2024. Rather than an interview, or a missive from Ned, this is just an audio version of a blog called 'The Hedge Bet on Humanity'. Do listen and enjoy; next week… -
The Media's Annus Horribilis
My guest for today’s discussion, which looks back on 2023, which has been labelled by some (including everyone’s favourite Substacker Matt Yglesias) as the media’s “annus horribilis” is Ian Silvera. Ian is a former political journ…
