Exploring the relationship between humans and autonomous technologies we created with the co-host, Nicholas Kenney, a national security expert and foreign policy scholar. In this episode, we discuss the work of Langdon Winner on social implications of autonomous tech and explore the big questions of control and human agency.

Chapter 1 - Reading "Autonomous Technology" by Langdon Winner

Chapter 2 - Technology as its own entity

Chapter 3 - Technology as power over nature

Chapter 4 - Technological ignorance in modern society

Chapter 5 - How much do we need to know to control technology?

Chapter 6 - Lack of language and sliding into polarities

Chapter 7 - Governance of autonomous technologies

Chapter 8 - Food for thought: What are we doing with the time freed by technology? What will occupy the time of children born into the fully automated world?

Chapter 9 - Takeaways

Check out:

• Autonomous Technology by Langdon Winner: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Autonomous-Technology-Technics-out-Control-Political/dp/0262730499⁠⁠⁠
• Different ways to think about political power: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19gpbZl4DpU⁠⁠