Can we be better digital citizens? In the concluding episode, we reflect on a theme that emerges throughout the series: the power of the individual. We return to our conversation with Sophia Smith Galer to discuss accountability and digital footprints. We learn about the confidence mindset with Ian Robertson. And finally, we talk about the importance of engaging critically with media and technology with Jennifer Edmond.
Sophia Smith Galer is a multi-award-winning journalist, author and TikTok creator with over 130 million views. She is a Senior News Reporter for VICE World News, a Visiting Fellow at Brown University, and the author of Losing It: Sex Education for the 21st Century (2022).
Ian Robertson is Co-Director of the Global Brain Health Institute and Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Trinity College Dublin, where he previously founded the Institute of Neuroscience. He is the author of several best-selling books, including How Confidence Works, which brings science-based strategies to non-specialists.
Jennifer Edmond is Associate Professor of Digital Humanities at Trinity College Dublin and a former Director of DARIAH-EU. She is an internationally recognised expert in the application of arts and humanities insight to academic and societal challenges arising at intersection of information and communication technologies and culture.
Clips from the show
The Futurists (1967)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPETzKYLkco&t=631s
Future Shock (1972)
https://youtu.be/fkUwXenBokU
Marshall McLuhan speaks to Frank Kermode (1965) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pcoC2l7ToI
David Bowie speaks to Jeremy Paxman on BBC Newsnight (1999)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiK7s_0tGsg
The History of the Future podcast is co-created and co-hosted by Mark Little and Ellie Payne and produced by Patrick Haughey of AudioBrand. The Schuler Democracy Forum is an initiative of the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute, Trinity College Dublin. The Forum is generously supported by Dr Beate Schuler. For more information, see: https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/Schuler-Democracy-Forum.php
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