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Podcast: The National Security Podcast
Episode: Techlosophy and the future of security
Description: In this National Security Podcast, Zac Rogers and Katherine Mansted talk about why political leaders have long been attracted to the idea that technology is a revolutionary key to progress and power. They also discusses how ideas about technology and modernity have animated brutal political regimes, global business models, and ideologies – from Leninism to Maoism. From China’s emerging brand of 'techno-authoritarianism' to the 'technological nihilism' of some Silicon Valley companies, we ask how emerging technologies are shaping politics, power, and security.Hugely powerful digital corporations shape our daily preferences and behaviours, and potentially even our brains. Is t...