The Periphery

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Democracy, Radicalization, and Crowded Content Platforms (with Nora Benavidez, Director of Digital Justice & Civil Rights at Free Press) May 03, 2022

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This week, The Periphery talks to Attorney Nora about content moderation, radicalization, and democracy.

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Content Moderation Mania II (with Lipglossssssssss, YouTube and TikTok Content Creator) Apr 26, 2022

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This week, The Periphery talks to TikToker Lipglosssssssss about content creation, the impact of inconsistent and unclear enforcement of content moderation policies, and the principles we could use to fix them.

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Content Moderation Mania (with Daphne Keller, Director of the Program on Platform Regulation at Stanford's Cyber Policy Center) Apr 21, 2022

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This week, The Periphery talks to Daphne Keller, law professor and Director of the Program on Platform Regulation at Stanford's Cyber Policy Center. We discuss why content moderation is so hard to get right from a platform perspective and just how little we *really* know about how these platforms work.

Finally, we feel compelled to administer a content warning: this episode is ill-suited for those that still believe in Santa Clause.

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Smart Contracts: Blockchain for the Global Good (with Jonas Metzger, Open Contracts Founder) Apr 12, 2022

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This week, The Periphery talks to Jonas Metzger, a Phd Candidate at Stanford. We discuss how contracts are evolving with blockchain innovations, and how these innovations can be a powerful tool to incentivize cooperation in climate change, crisis aid as illustrated by crypto donations to Ukraine, and other issues where collective action problems persist.

Check out Jonas's work on smart contracts here: https://www.opencontracts.io/

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Blockchain for Black Art: Barriers and Opportunities (with Magali Duque, SEO Law Alum and Robert Moses' Kin Board Member) Apr 05, 2022

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This week, The Periphery talks to Magali Duque, a law student in her final year at University of Pennsylvania. We discuss why breaking into tech can be so difficult, especially for those from marginalized groups or without a technical background (i.e., the periphery...), and what the blockchain, NFTs, and cryptocurrency can do for Black Artists and ownership.

Check out Robert Moses' Kin, a non-profit where Magali serves on the board and is experimenting with using crypto as a new way of funding non-profit initiatives: https://www.robertmoseskin.org/

Learn more about Magali's work: https://about.me/magali.duque

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Artificial Intelligence, Wall-E, and Human Nature (with Dr. Eric Daimler, former Obama Presidential Innovation Fellow + Carnegie Mellon Professor) Mar 29, 2022

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This week, The Periphery talks to Dr. Eric Daimler, who formerly served as a Presidential Innovation Fellow in the Obama Administration and as Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. We talk regulatory trends, policy frustrations, the political and social conditions that drive innovation, and what the rapid proliferation of AI means for the future of work, wealth distribution, society, and culture. We also discuss Pixar's Wall-E.

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The Periphery Returns Mar 22, 2022

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The Periphery is back! Listen Afi, August, Jess, and Karl kick off season two as they discuss goals for coming episodes. And, as always, come back next Tuesday for more.

0:00 - 8:56: The Periphery previews season two. What is to come and what should we be thinking about as episodes related to intellectual property, privacy, data, artificial intelligence, human dignity and fundamental/civil rights release?

8:56 - end: The Periphery discusses the issues they are most excited or concerned about that are sure to arise in season two.

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the periphery project: an unfinished journey Dec 07, 2021

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In our final episode of Season 1, the Periphery reflects on its journey into the center of technology and innovation. Almost a year ago, we set out to look for new tools for understanding the complexity of the technology problems that we face today. We wanted to find new ways to assess the social and political implications of technology at every level and transcend the narrow confines of technical and industry jargon. Looking back on Season 1, the Periphery asks: what kind of tool have we created? What are the limits of a "society and culture podcast disguised as a tech podcast" anyway? And what lies ahead of the project of the Periphery?

We're on a mission to change the nature of innovation and tech policy by changing how people think about technology and its relationship to their lives. That's why the future of the Periphery is entwined with yours. Look out for Season 2 in early 2022, with a deeper focus on critical issues in tech as we continue to build an "atlas" of technology and society. We can't thank you enough for joining us on this journey. See you soon!

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the geopolitics of cybersecurity (with Atlantic Council's Justin Sherman) Nov 30, 2021

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On our penultimate episode, we discuss cybersecurity with Atlantic Council's Justin Sherman. Justin is an active and insightful columnist whose work focuses on the intersection of the Internet and geopolitics. He is also an adept conversationalist. Today, we discuss how to become a go-to expert in your early 20s, the current state of cybersecurity and geopolitics, the extent to which cybersecurity concerns may serve as pretext to surveillance expansion, and the reasons why global cohesion in cyber policy is so difficult.

We also talk through PC Mag's tips for individual cybersecurity and test how cyber-secure (or in the case of Afi, cyber-insecure) August, Jess, Karl, and Afi are.

Check out Justin's work here: https://www.justinwsherman.com/

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on the periphery: metaverse (unlocked from Patreon) Nov 23, 2021

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Original release: November 12, 2021

You likely know that Facebook is Meta Platforms by now, reflecting the company's commitment to building the "metaverse." What might this mean? On our inaugural episode of our Patreon series "on the periphery", we discuss the metaverse, simulation theory, and what we might expect as a new generation of the web becomes reality.

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