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People watch the first sunrise and take pictures on New Year's Day from a pedestrian bridge in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. Lee Jin-man/AP Photo.
Dialogue

Make the future bright again: Jason Crawford on building a new philosophy of progress

This episode of Hub Dialogues features host Sean Speer in conversation with Jason Crawford, founder of the U.S.-based non-profit organization Roots of Progress, about human progress, why it has slowed, and how a new philosophy of progress can help to accelerate it.

A Catholic devotee holding a palm frond uses his smartphone as they wait to commemorate Palm Sunday on April 2, 2023 in Manila, Philippines. Aaron Favila/AP Photo.
Viewpoint

We are a society in free fall because things have never been so good

A new survery reflects the free fall the West is hurtling down. A potent mixture of generational change, prosperity and technology, and declining education are leading to us feeling more lost than ever.

Howard Anglin - Posted on April 10, 2023
People talk near a Meta sign outside of the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. on March 7, 2023. Jeff Chiu/AP Photo.
News Dispatch

‘We’re going to have to get out of the market’: Facebook pledges to ban news if legislation passes

The government’s online news legislation is winding its way to a final showdown with big tech companies while Facebook’s parent company Meta is doubling down on its threat to ban news from its platform if the bill becomes law.

Stuart Thomson - Posted on April 6, 2023
A visitor makes a photo at the TikTok exhibition stands at the Gamescom computer gaming fair in Cologne, Germany, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. Martin Meissner/AP Photo.
Viewpoint

Trudeau's teens aren't on TikTok. Maybe he should ban it altogether

Why, given that the ChiComs are betting that teenage want is stronger than parental will, doesn’t Trudeau give all Canadian parents a similar excuse to do the right thing by banning the app outright, or at least making it inaccessible to children? 

Howard Anglin - Posted on April 3, 2023
Laurie Wickens, president of the Shag Harbour Incident Society, is seen in Shag Harbour, N.S. on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017. Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press.
Dialogue

Uncovering Canada’s UFO files: Matthew Hayes on government secrets, growing mistrust, and the rise of conspiracy theories

This episode of Hub Dialogues features host Sean Speer in conversation with Matthew Hayes, researcher, filmmaker, and educator at Northern Lakes College, about his highly-acclaimed book, Search for the Unknown: Canada’s UFO Files and the Rise of Conspiracy Theory.

Attendees wear VR headsets while previewing the Caliverse Hyper-Realistic Metaverse experience at the Lotte booth during the CES tech show Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, in Las Vegas. John Locher/AP Photo.
Viewpoint

The future looks dim: Silicon Valley and the race to make everything more annoying

Silicon Valley’s biggest stars are starting to dim. Rather than coast into the future, they seem hellbent on making our lives much more annoying for the sake of insisting they’re still innovative.

Mark Hill - Posted on March 24, 2023
A Orange employee dances during a 5G metaverse dance simulation at the Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Joan Mateu Parra/AP Photo.
Dialogue

Enter the Metaverse: Meta’s Kevin Chan on the future of the internet

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with Kevin Chan, the global policy campaign strategy director at Meta Platforms, about the Metaverse, its economic and social possibilities, and the implications for public policy. 

Astronauts, from left, Warren Hoburg, Stephen Bowen, Russian Cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, and United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan al-Neyadi leave the Operations and Checkout building for a trip to Launch Pad 39-A Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. John Raoux/AP Photo.
Dialogue

Getting back to the future: Eli Dourado on technological breakthroughs and building a better tomorrow

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Eli Dourado, a senior research fellow at the Center for Growth and Opportunity, talking about innovation, technology, and what breakthroughs may pull us out of the “great stagnation.”

People hold up signs during the Women's March in Montreal, Saturday, January 19, 2019. Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press.
Viewpoint

Deepfakes, data, and war: The under-discussed issues facing women in our world

We should not take for granted the gains women have made in so many areas. But there is much work still to be done, and we should not let our attention be monopolized by a few high-profile issues when it comes to women’s empowerment.

Amal Attar-Guzman - Posted on March 8, 2023
Still from the film Dune, directed by Denis Villeneuve. Credit: Legendary Pictures.
Viewpoint

AI and our science fiction future—Maybe we should stop and think things through

We have not thought out the economic and social impacts of the change we are unleashing when one provides not just a computer but a machine that replicates the human mind. The future could be as dark as our most dystopian sci-fi stories.

Livio Di Matteo - Posted on March 6, 2023

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