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DARPA to ‘exploit social media, messaging & blog data’ to track geopolitical influence campaigns

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The power to monitor, track, and potentially quash online campaigns before they become popular is getting a whole lot easier....

Technology

5 ways China’s use of technology threatens global infrastructures: Brookings Institution

Tim Hinchliffe7 months ago

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The technological arms race between the US and China is a competition to see which country's values will become the...

Science Technology Web

The role of data science in predicting political violence

Sophie Foggin9 months ago

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Data collection and analysis has changed drastically over the last decade, but for predicting political violence, data science is also...

Technology

Follow the Polar Silk Road: Melting Arctic ice turns up the geopolitical heat with China, Russia

Tim Hinchliffe10 months ago

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In colloquial terms "icebreakers" usually bring people together. In the Arctic; however, icebreakers take on a whole new meaning as...

Brains Byte Back

The weekly podcast looking at how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. Every Monday we bring you the best stories and guests from around the world relating to technology, psychology, and society.

Social media has become such a deeply entrenched part of our lives, that abandoning it all together seems like an almost impossible task for many of us. Therefore, in this episode, we will explore how we can have a better and healthier relationship with social media.

To do this we are joined by Scott Gazzoli, host of Causing The Effect, a podcast exploring how to effectively connect the mind and body through psychology and physiology.

On the show, Gazzoli discusses what motivated him to start his podcast, why he is concerned about social media influencers, and how social media is impacting our ability to delay gratification.

We also discuss how Youtube’s homepage is designed to keep us watching content, often promoting extreme videos regardless of whether or not this information is good or bad.

In addition to the above, we also pick apart the idea that every generation is fearful of something new, negatively impacting a younger generation, such as video games or rap/heavy metal music. In light of this, Gazzoli shares why he believes that social media is different from the fears of previous generations.