Center for Humane Technology

In this week’s episode of #YourUndividedAttention, Rebecca Winthrop explains the four modes of student learning: passenger, achiever, resister, and explorer and why we’ve been focusing on the wrong one for years. Fixing that mistake will be critical in the age of AI. ”When [kids] get that opportunity, they actually do better academically. And they're being prepared to swim in the AI world that they are entering.” Which mode were you in school?

AI has upended schooling as we know it, so what comes next? In this week’s episode of #YourUndividedAttention, Rebecca Winthrop and Maryanne Wolf unpack why education needs to adapt in the age of AI and why it matters for democracy and humanity. 📺  Watch - https://lnkd.in/enp7dvqe 🎧 Listen - https://bit.ly/3EsSb34

“The purpose of education in schools is profoundly shaken to its core.” As AI reshapes how students learn, educators are being asked to reimagine not just the methods, but the meaning of education. In the latest episode of Your Undivided Attention, life-long educators Maryanne Wolf and Rebecca Winthrop help us navigate what comes next for schooling in the age of AI. Check it out: 📺  Watch - https://lnkd.in/enp7dvqe 🎧 Listen - https://bit.ly/3EsSb34

A new Congress is settling in, and states are advancing bold legislation—making 2025 a pivotal year for shaping tech policy on AI, privacy, and youth protections. Read more from Elizabeth Irwin https://lnkd.in/g5zGKDdw

"Where there is a permanent or forever impact, we have to have a more precautionary approach.” With AI becoming embedded in our economies, the story of toxic “forever chemicals” is a cautionary tale of what can happen if we’re not careful. On this week’s episode of #YourUndividedAttention with @RobertBilott. 📺 Watch - https://lnkd.in/efTTvuiW 🎧 Listen - https://bit.ly/4cpTnkw

”There was a strategy to move these chemicals into as many products as possible. So by the time this story ever came out the arguments that could be made is: this is too big to regulate now.” PFAS—“forever chemicals”—are a case study in how new technologies can harm society when oversight, transparency, and ethics fall behind innovation. These chemicals helped build the modern economy but they’ve also been linked to serious health issues…and they’re in the blood of nearly everyone in American and likely the world. In the latest episode of #YourUndividedAttention, environmental lawyer Robert Bilott reveals how PFAS were allowed to poison us—and why it’s an urgent call for us to fix our systemic blindspots. In a world where AI dramatically accelerates the pace of technological development, the story of PFAS is a cautionary tale of the harms that can come from misaligned tech. 📺 Watch - https://lnkd.in/efTTvuiW 🎧 Listen - https://bit.ly/4cpTnkw

“Panic is never a good basis for decision making. The very urgency of [AI] really requires us to stop and to think and to listen.” On this week’s episode of #YourUndividedAttention, historian Naomi Oreskes discusses how manufactured doubt has delayed action on harms from tobacco to pesticides to fossil fuels… and strategies for how we can govern AI better. 

“They're selling doubt. They're trying to make us think we don't really know the answer... it's a super clever strategy.” - Naomi Oreskes How did harmful industries—from tobacco to fossil fuel to social media—operate for decades without meaningful regulation? And how can we do better with AI? We explore these questions on our latest episode of #YourUndividedAttention featuring historian Naomi Oreskes. Her books "The Merchants of Doubt" and “The Big Myth” reveal a disturbing pattern: when faced with evidence of harm, powerful interests don't deny facts outright—they manufacture uncertainty through sophisticated campaigns designed to paralyze action. As AI advances at unprecedented speed, our ability to distinguish between legitimate scientific uncertainty and weaponized doubt may determine our future. How do we navigate uncertainty while protecting ourselves from these tactics? Watch - https://lnkd.in/eGJ5UkhY Listen - https://bit.ly/4kVMTxJ

If the social media age has taught us anything, it’s that information and truth are not the same. Tristan Harris, Sean Illing, and Lance Strate discuss on the latest episode of #YourUndividedAttention, about the legacy of media theorist Neil Postman. Check out the full discussion: https://bit.ly/4heTJuM

"Americans no longer talk to each other, they entertain each other." Four decades ago, Neil Postman identified a fundamental shift in our communication, one that’s only gotten worse in the era of social media and AI. In this week’s episode of Your Undivided Attention, Tristan Harris, Sean Illing and Lance Strate examine Postman's eerily prophetic work and extract essential lessons for navigating today's tech landscape. As engagement-based business models optimize for emotional reactions rather than understanding, are we losing our capacity for the deep discourse democracy requires? Watch - https://lnkd.in/enRkUf_q Listen - https://bit.ly/3XqtQRO