In this hosts-only “Plutopians Gone Wild” episode, Jon Lebkowsky, Scoop Sweeney, and Wendy Grossman range freely across early online culture, disaster response, politics, surveillance, AI, advertising, podcasts, and pop culture.… The post Plutopia Tribal Chat first appeared on Plutopia News Network.

Cindy Cohn joins Plutopia to discuss her new book, Privacy’s Defender, and reflects on her decades of work with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, from the landmark Bernstein encryption case to… The post Cindy Cohn: Privacy’s Defender first appeared on Plutopia News Network.

David Miles discusses his book Sneeze: The History and Science of the Common Cold, arguing that “the common cold” is best understood as a broad category of respiratory viral illness… The post David Miles: The Viral Sneeze first appeared on Plutopia News Network.

Nathan Schneider joins the Plutopia podcast to discuss cooperatives, platform ownership, and the dangers of “implicit feudalism” online, arguing that many digital spaces train users to choose between powerful admins… The post Nathan Schneider: Governable Spaces and Democracy first appeared on Plutopia News Network.

Dr. Edward Lenert returns to Plutopia to discuss his year-long, million-word engagement with large language models and what that experience reveals about AI, thought, trust, creativity, and danger. The conversation… The post Ed Lenert: AI, Truth, and Political Kayfabe first appeared on Plutopia News Network.

In this Plutopia podcast episode, journalist and author Helen Pearson discusses her book Beyond Belief, which traces the rise of evidence-based decision-making in medicine, government, education, conservation, and other fields,… The post Helen Pearson: Beyond Belief first appeared on Plutopia News Network.

In this Plutopia News Network episode, science and technology journalist Tereza Pultarova discusses her path from covering space exploration to reporting on defense technology after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine,… The post Tereza Pultarova: Space, Science, and Drone Wars first appeared on Plutopia News Network.

Stephen Dulaney, a UX strategist turned AI builder, describes how losing his job pushed him to reinvent himself by collaborating with large language model–based AI agents to design, code, test,… The post Stephen Dulaney: The AI Ambition first appeared on Plutopia News Network.

Paulina Borsook In this Plutopia News Network conversation, Paulina Borsook reflects on the coming reissue of her book Cyberselfish with a mix of gratitude, puzzlement, and discomfort, describing the book… The post Paulina Borsook on Tech, AI, and Billionaire Madness first appeared on Plutopia News Network.

In this Plutopia podcast episode, futurist and data analyst Anne Boysen argues that today’s AI systems, especially large language models and emerging AI agents, are being adopted far faster than… The post Anne Boysen: AI Hype, Agents, and Risk first appeared on Plutopia News Network.