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Flow: better conversation in a complex worldHow LLMs Are Changing our Talk, videoMegan Fritts guides us through the changes Large Language Models are making on our conversational skills, expression and content. LLMs (whether ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini) are wildly popular and widely used to lighten our workloads. But what about the effects on our connection with each other? We consider particular desires for more time for conversation (e.g. by reducing women's domestic labour) and more comfort (especially Gen Z). And if LLMs may help us with frictions and overcome isolation, on first dates or in our long term relationships. We then explore concrete changes in the material of...
2025-08-301h 02
Flow: better conversation in a complex worldLLMs Are Hurting Our Talk and RelationshipsMegan Fritts guides us through the changes Large Language Models are making on our conversational skills, expression and content -- and not for the better. LLMs (whether ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini) are widely used to outsource our written communication. But what are the effects on conversation? We consider desire for more time for conversation (e.g. by reducing women's domestic labour) and more comfort (especially Gen Z). And if LLMs may help us with frictions on first dates or communication conflict in our long term relationships. We then explore concrete changes in the material of conversation -- our speech...
2025-08-301h 01
Hearsay Culture NetworkFriction, Consent, and the Illusion of ChoiceWhen infrastructure fails — planes crash, systems freeze, rights vanish — suddenly everyone cares. Villanova’s Brett Frischmann rejoins Hearsay Culture to explain how tech design, digital contracts, and AI are […]
2025-07-1859 minHearsay Culture RadioFriction, Consent, and the Illusion of ChoiceWhen infrastructure fails — planes crash, systems freeze, rights vanish — suddenly everyone cares. Villanova’s Brett Frischmann rejoins Hearsay Culture to explain how tech design, digital contracts, and AI are […]
2025-07-1859 minHearsay Culture NetworkFriction, Consent, and the Illusion of ChoiceWhen infrastructure fails — planes crash, systems freeze, rights vanish — suddenly everyone cares. Villanova’s Brett Frischmann rejoins Hearsay Culture to explain how tech design, digital contracts, and AI are […]
2025-07-1859 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkFriction, Consent, and the Illusion of ChoiceWhen infrastructure fails — planes crash, systems freeze, rights vanish — suddenly everyone cares. Villanova’s Brett Frischmann rejoins Hearsay Culture to explain how tech design, digital contracts, and AI are […]
2025-07-1859 min
BandsplainDid Suede Start Britpop? Part 1 with Miranda SawyerThis season, we’ve covered two of the biggest bands in Britpop, but did Oasis and Blur actually kickstart the genre? With the release of their first two singles in the early 90s, Suede may have lit the very fuse. In this episode, Yasi and Miranda Sawyer, British music journalist and author of Uncommon People: Britpop and Beyond in 20 Songs talk about how Suede – including Justine Frischmann – came together and unintentionally created the genre by, according to frontman Brett Anderson, “trying to play songs about little twisted English lives to rooms full of people obsessed with Pearl Jam.” Listen along, and...
2025-04-173h 44
BandsplainDid Suede Start Britpop? Part 1 with Miranda SawyerThis season, we’ve covered two of the biggest bands in Britpop, but did Oasis and Blur actually kickstart the genre? With the release of their first two singles in the early 90s, Suede may have lit the very fuse. In this episode, Yasi and Miranda Sawyer, British music journalist and author of Uncommon People: Britpop and Beyond in 20 Songs talk about how Suede – including Justine Frischmann – came together and unintentionally created the genre by, according to frontman Brett Anderson, “trying to play songs about little twisted English lives to rooms full of people obsessed with Pearl Jam.” Listen along, and...
2025-04-173h 45
Philosophical DisquisitionsTITE 4 - Behaviour Change and Control
In this episode, John and Sven talk about the role that technology can play in changing our behaviour. In doing so, they note the long and troubled history of philosophy and self-help. They also ponder whether we can use technology to control our lives or whether technology controls us.
You can download the episode here or listen below. You can also subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon and a range of other podcasting services.
Recommendations
Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger, Reengineering Humanity.
Carissa Véliz, Privacy is Powe...
2023-12-1900 min
This Is Technology Ethics4 – Behaviour Change and Control
In this episode, John and Sven talk about the role that technology can play in changing our behaviour. In doing so, they note the long and troubled history of philosophy and self-help. They also ponder whether we can use technology to control our lives or whether technology controls us.
You can download the episode here or listen below. You can also subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon and a range of other podcasting services.
Recommendations
Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger, Reengineering Humanity.
Carissa Véliz, Privacy is Power.
2023-10-1000 min
Sunday Book ReviewJuly 16, 2023 - The Privacy EditionIn the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest me. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, now that summer is fully upon us, we look at books on privacy · Privacy’s Blueprint by Woodrow Hartzog· Re-Engineering Humanity by Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger· No Place to Hide by Glenn Greenwald· Why Privacy Matters by Neil RichardsResourcesThe...
2023-07-1606 min
Create the FutureThe Future Of Smart TechHow dangerous is Big Data? Should we be scared of the Internet Of Things? How much of our lives will we soon be handing over to smart technology?Roma Agrawal hosts a debate between two opposing views on this most contemporary of subjects:Mischa Dohler, VP Emerging Technologies at EricssonversusBrett Frischmann, the Villanova University professor and author who specialises in Internet law, and technology policy. Hear new episodes of Create The Future - conversations about how to rebuild the world better - every other Friday....
2023-07-1435 min
Hardly Working with Brent OrrellEvan Selinger on Tech, Surveillance, and Obscurity in Work and SocietyResponses to the sudden emergence of widely available artificial intelligence tend to swing between those who believe these technologies will deliver a utopia of unlimited growth and opportunity or inflict a robot-dominated dystopia of human obsolescence. In the space between those two polls, some are engaged in serious ethical reflection that attempts to weigh out the possible impacts of AI in light of the preexisting social trends. One of the more thoughtful, and fair-minded critics of emerging technologies is Evan Selinger, a professor of philosophy at Rochester Institute of Technology. In his research, Dr. Selinger asks how...
2023-05-1145 min
Album Clash - a music podcast!Elastica vs Coming Up - Part 2Continuing our Britpop season with the second part of our ‘battle of the exes’, and after Tim guided us through Elastica’s debut album on last week’s show, this week it’s Kev’s turn to lead us through Suede’s third, and most successful, album ‘Coming Up’. Well, I say that Kev leads us through it - and to be fair he mostly does - but Tim keeps taking over the conversation and leading it down all sorts of tangents.
There’s loads of interesting stuff about Suede that we do cover, not least of all how the band rec...
2021-09-301h 16Album Clash - a music podcast!Elastica vs Coming Up - Part 1We start a new clash this week, and continuing our Britpop season we take a look at two of the bands - and band leaders - that were very much at the centre of the scene. It’s Elastica vs Suede. (Also a clash that would have fit nicely into our ‘beef’ season…)
This week Tim leads us through Elastica’s 1995 self-titled debut, and there’s an awful lot for us to get through - starting with Justine Frischmann and Brett Anderson’s romantic entanglement and how her time in Suede influenced the sound she wanted to create with El...
2021-09-231h 21
Digital Mindfulness#133 Re-Engineering Humanity with Brett FrischmannProfessor Brett Frischmann talks with about his new book Re-Engineering Humanity where he explores reverse Turing tests, Nudge Creep, and the impact of predictive analytics in public spaces.
2021-04-051h 11
FAMOUS FIRST TIMESFamous First Times - Damon Albarn, Brett Anderson | S02E06OOH BABY: Damon Albarn (Blur) & Brett Anderson (Suede)! Two annoying southerners who hate each and who only got good because of Justine Frischmann (Elastica)!
Ian and Dom (FFT) guide you through the completely out-of-order shagging tales of this Britpop duo in episode SIX of series TWO of FAMOUS FIRST TIMES! All their own words. All idiots.
Discover the most bonkers stories taken from the autobiographies of pop stars, rockers, rappers and actors. Email us at fft@giveover.co.uk with your rumours and sexy stories.
Instagram: @famousfirsttimes, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube: @giveover. giveover.co.uk
2020-11-1554 min
The Week in Philly from KYW NewsradioBehind the calls to regulate big tech, a debate about power and who wields itTechnology companies have gotten big. Facebook, Twitter -- some of the most recognizable names in corporate America. But they've also been surrounded by their share of controversy, and there have been many calls for government regulation for places like Facebook and Twitter. So what does that mean? Is it realistic? And, to what extent are these companies already regulated? Brett Frischmann, The Charles Widger Endowed University Professor in Law, Business and Economics at Villanova University joins KYW In Depth to talk about the arguments surrounding regulation of this enormous section of American enterprise, what could be coming as the discussions...
2020-09-0722 min
For Your ConsiderationVirtue and Civic OrderPlease note that this week we are launching a new feature for the newsletter. You may now choose to listen to the opening essay by clicking play above. Next week it will also be possible to find the audio in your favorite podcast apps. In 1934, T. S. Eliot published Choruses from “The Rock,” a collection of choruses Eliot composed for a play he wrote called “The Rock,” which explored the history of the church and its plight in the modern world. Although the work is relatively obscure compared to many of Eliot’s better known works, it yielded so...
2020-06-1907 min
The Tonya Hall Innovation ShowHow to successfully write sci-fiBrett Frischmann, Charles Widger Endowed university professor at Villanova University, sits down with Tonya Hall to talk about the steps he took when writing his first sci-fi novel while giving helpful advice.FOLLOW US - Subscribe to ZDNet on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2HzQmyf- Watch more ZDNet videos: http://zd.net/2Hzw9Zy- Follow ZDNet on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZDNet- Follow ZDNet on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZDNet- Follow ZDNet on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ZDNet_CBSi
2020-03-2716 minThe Tonya Hall Innovation ShowHow tech is making us more like machines rather than humanTonya Hall talks to Brett Frischmann, Charles Widger Endowed university professor at Villanova University, about the idea that automated tech is slowly transforming humans into machines.FOLLOW US - Subscribe to ZDNet on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2HzQmyf- Watch more ZDNet videos: http://zd.net/2Hzw9Zy- Follow ZDNet on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZDNet- Follow ZDNet on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZDNet- Follow ZDNet on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ZDNet_CBSi- Follow ZDNet on L...
2020-03-1017 min
Exchanges: A Cambridge UP PodcastBrett Frischmann and Evan Selinger, "Re-Engineering Humanity" (Cambridge UP, 2018)Every day, new warnings emerge about artificial intelligence rebelling against us. All the while, a more immediate dilemma flies under the radar. Have forces been unleashed that are thrusting humanity down an ill-advised path, one that's increasingly making us behave like simple machines? In Re-Engineering Humanity (Cambridge University Press, 2018), Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger examine what's happening to our lives as society embraces big data, predictive analytics, and smart environments. They explain how the goal of designing programmable worlds goes hand in hand with engineering predictable and programmable people. Detailing new frameworks, provocative case studies, and mind-blowing thought experiments...
2020-01-231h 29
New Books in TechnologyBrett Frischmann and Evan Selinger, "Re-Engineering Humanity" (Cambridge UP, 2018)Every day, new warnings emerge about artificial intelligence rebelling against us. All the while, a more immediate dilemma flies under the radar. Have forces been unleashed that are thrusting humanity down an ill-advised path, one that's increasingly making us behave like simple machines? In Re-Engineering Humanity (Cambridge University Press, 2018), Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger examine what's happening to our lives as society embraces big data, predictive analytics, and smart environments. They explain how the goal of designing programmable worlds goes hand in hand with engineering predictable and programmable people. Detailing new frameworks, provocative case studies, and mind-blowing thought experiments...
2020-01-231h 29
Triangulation (Video)Brett Frischmann: Re-Engineering Humanity - Techno-social engineering and how technology threatens the future of our society.
Brett Frischmann is the Charles Widger Endowed University Professor in Law, Business and Economics, Villanova University and joins Denise Howell to discuss his book, co-authored with Evan Selinger, "Re-Engineering Humanity." They talk about what's happening to our lives as society embraces big data, predictive analytics, and smart environments.
Host: Denise Howell
Guest: Brett Frischmann
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.
Sponsor:
capterra.com/triangulation
2019-11-1559 minTriangulation (Audio)Brett Frischmann: Re-Engineering Humanity - Techno-social engineering and how technology threatens the future of our society.
Brett Frischmann is the Charles Widger Endowed University Professor in Law, Business and Economics, Villanova University and joins Denise Howell to discuss his book, co-authored with Evan Selinger, "Re-Engineering Humanity." They talk about what's happening to our lives as society embraces big data, predictive analytics, and smart environments.
Host: Denise Howell
Guest: Brett Frischmann
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.
Sponsor:
capterra.com/triangulation
2019-11-1559 min
SustainEpisode 3: Greg Bloom discusses the Principles of Commons GovernanceSponsors
Cachefly
Panel
Pia Mancini
Eric Berry
Joined By Special Guest: Greg Bloom
Episode Summary
Greg Bloom, the Chief Organizing Officer of Open Referral Initiative, a community of practice that develops data standards and open source tools that make it easier to share, find and use information about health, human, and social services.Greg talks about the evolution of Open Referral Initiative and defines what "commons" is. He mentions how some of the dilemmas developers are facing in open source software maintenance resembles some of...
2019-08-081h 08
Sustain Our SoftwareSOS 003: Greg Bloom Explains Open Source Initiative
Sponsors
Cachefly
Panel
Pia Mancini
Eric Berry
Joined By Special Guest: Greg Bloom
Episode Summary
Greg Bloom, the Chief Organizing Officer of Open Referral Initiative, a community of practice that develops data standards and open source tools that make it easier to share, find and use information about health, human, and social services.Greg talks about the evolution of Open Referral Initiative and defines what "commons" is. He mentions how some of the dilemmas developers are facing in open source software maintenance resembles some of...
2019-08-061h 08
Sustain Our SoftwareSOS 003: Greg Bloom Explains Open Source InitiativeSponsors Cachefly Panel Pia Mancini Eric Berry Joined By Special Guest: Greg Bloom Episode Summary Greg Bloom, the Chief Organizing Officer of Open Referral Initiative, a community of practice that develops data standards and open source tools that make it easier to share, find and use information about health, human, and social services.Greg talks about the evolution of Open Referral Initiative and defines what "commons" is. He mentions how some of the dilemmas developers are facing in open source software maintenance resembles some of the dilemmas dealt with in common resources management. The panel then talks about what principles...
2019-08-061h 08
AGI PodcastRe-engineering humans and rethinking digital networked tools - Prof. Brett FrischmannRe-engineering humans and rethinking digital networked tools.
"We become what we behold. We shape our tools and then our tools shape us."
- (John Culkin, 1967)
Introduction
Since Prometheus' gift of fire to humankind, humans have been using it as a tool to adapt to their environment and ultimately adapt the environment to themselves. Yet, from contract law, to media, to the roads we create, human beings have also always been shaped by their very own tools. A set of foreseen and unforeseen consequences on the way people develop, learn, interact, or build relationships tend to manifest with ubiquitous tools. T...
2019-08-0200 min
2019-04-0929 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#47 - Brett Frischmann - On what we can do now to build a better future togetherThis podcast interview focuses on the impact of product innovation on our society and, in particular, our changing role in that society, and my guest is Brett Frischmann, author of the book Reengineering Humanity, which was recently selected by The Guardian as one of the Best Books of 2018.Brett is the Charles Widger Endowed University Professor in Law, Business and Economics, at Villanova University. In this role, he promotes cross-campus research, programming, and collaboration; fosters high-visibility academic pursuits at the national and international levels; and positions Villanova as a thought leader and innovator at the intersection of...
2019-01-0255 min
Science Magazine Podcast‘The Tragedy of the Commons’ turns 50, and how Neanderthal DNA could change your skullIn 1968, Science published the now-famous paper “The Tragedy of the Commons” by ecologist Garrett Hardin. In it, Hardin questioned society’s ability to manage shared resources, concluding that individuals will act in their self-interest and ultimately spoil the resource. Host Meagan Cantwell revisits this classic paper with two experts: Tine De Moor, professor of economics and social history at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, and Brett Frischmann, a professor of law, business, and economics at Villanova University in Pennsylvania. They discuss how premodern societies dealt with common resources and how our current society might apply the concept to a more abstrac...
2018-12-1324 min
LibriVox 5th Anniversary Collection Vol. 3 by VARIEpisode 50: Recap of the first year! from Sep 10, 2018Tomaš Dvo?ák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Recap of first year, part 1"
- "Scott Heiferman excerpt"
- "Vicki Boykis excerpt"
- "Jessamyn West excerpt"
- "Courtney Maum excerpt"
- "Eric Zimmerman excerpt"
- "Andrew Beccone excerpt"
- "Roger Anderson excerpt"
- "Andy Rehfeldt excerpt"
- "Janelle Shane excerpt"
- "Zaire Dinzey-Flores excerpt"
- "Cheyenne Hohman excerpt"
- "College student excerpt"
- "Nir Eyal excerpt"
- "Kirby Ferguson excerpt"
- "Steven Levy excerpt"
- "Mark reads Botnik's Harry Potter - excerpt"
- "Ken Freedman excerpt"
- "Jace Clayton excerpt"
- "Jonathan Taplin excerpt"
- "Sc...
2018-09-111h 06LibriVox 5th Anniversary Collection Vol. 3 by VARIBrett Frischmann, co-author, "Re-Engineering Humanity" from Jun 11, 2018Turning humans into robots: Brett Frischmann, talks about his new book "Re-Engineering Humanity," co-authored with Evan Selinger.
Tomaš Dvo?ák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Brett Frischmann"
- "Your calls and comments 201-209-9368"
Xordox - "Diamonds" - Neospection [this song on bandcamp]
http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/79640
2018-06-121h 06
Algocracy and Transhumanism PodcastEpisode #39 – Re-engineering Humanity with Frischmann and Selinger
In this episode I talk to Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger about their book Re-engineering Humanity (Cambridge University Press, 2018). Brett and Evan are both former guests on the podcast. Brett is a Professor of Law, Business and Economics at Villanova University and Evan is Professor of Philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Their book looks at how modern techno-social engineering is affecting humanity. We have a long-ranging conversation about the main arguments and ideas from the book. The book features lots of interesting thought experiments and provocative claims. I recommend checking it out. I highlight of t...
2018-06-0400 minAlgocracy and the Transhumanist ProjectEpisode #39 – Re-engineering Humanity with Frischmann and Selinger
In this episode I talk to Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger about their book Re-engineering Humanity (Cambridge University Press, 2018). Brett and Evan are both former guests on the podcast. Brett is a Professor of Law, Business and Economics at Villanova University and Evan is Professor of Philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Their book looks at how modern techno-social engineering is affecting humanity. We have a long-ranging conversation about the main arguments and ideas from the book. The book features lots of interesting thought experiments and provocative claims. I recommend checking it out. I highlight of t...
2018-06-0400 min
Algocracy and Transhumanism PodcastEpisode #39 – Re-engineering Humanity with Frischmann and Selinger
In this episode I talk to Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger about their book Re-engineering Humanity (Cambridge University Press, 2018). Brett and Evan are both former guests on the podcast. Brett is a Professor of Law, Business and Economics at Villanova University and Evan is Professor of Philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Their book looks at how modern techno-social engineering is affecting humanity. We have a long-ranging conversation about the main arguments and ideas from the book. The book features lots of interesting thought experiments and provocative claims. I recommend checking it out. I highlight of t...
2018-06-0400 min
Oral ArgumentEpisode 123: Cruising AltitudeMike Madison is back to talk with us about knowledge commons, institutions, open-source software, citizen science, and the the basic problem of understanding how we cooperate.
This show’s links:
Mike Madison’s website, writing, and blog
Oral Argument 90: We Are a Nation of Time-Shifters?
Michael Madison, Information Abundance and Knowledge Commons
About the institutional analysis and development framework
Elinor Ostrom, The Institutional Analysis and Development Framework and the Commons
Governing Knowledge Commons (Brett Frischmann, Michael Madison, and Katherine Strandburg, eds.)
The Knowlege Commons Research Framework
Workshop on Governing the Knowledge Commons
Christine Borgman, Big Data, Litt...
2017-01-131h 16
Podcast Historia MusicaPrograma 377 de Historia de la Música.Comenzamos 1993 en este capítulo de Historia de la Música, primeramente recordando el "Animal Nitrate" de Suede.
La banda de Brett Anderson tenía todo para salir con los tapones de punta en la adormecida escena británica. Hits guitarreros, una épica heredada del Bowie más glam y, ante todo, una fascinación por la provocación sexual.
"Animal Nitrate" no escapa a esta fórmula, sino que la potencia. Su título esconde un juego con el nitrito de amilo (amyl nitrite), el compuesto químico detrás de los poppers, y su letra está plagada de sugestiones d...
2014-09-2320 min
Podcast Historia MusicaPrograma 377 de Historia de la Música.Comenzamos 1993 en este capítulo de Historia de la Música, primeramente recordando el "Animal Nitrate" de Suede.
La banda de Brett Anderson tenía todo para salir con los tapones de punta en la adormecida escena británica. Hits guitarreros, una épica heredada del Bowie más glam y, ante todo, una fascinación por la provocación sexual.
"Animal Nitrate" no escapa a esta fórmula, sino que la potencia. Su título esconde un juego con el nitrito de amilo (amyl nitrite), el compuesto químico detrás de los poppers, y su letra está plagada de sugestiones d...
2014-09-2320 min
Center for Internet and SocietyBrett Frischmann - Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared ResourcesTalks from the Center for Internet and Society. The topics span a variety of topics relating to civil rights and technological innovation. CIS is housed at the Stanford Law School.
2013-02-2700 minCenter for Internet and SocietyBrett Frischmann - Hearsay Culture Show #166 - KZSU-FM (Stanford)A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by Center for Internet & Society Resident Fellow David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technology and society. How is our world impacted by the great technological changes taking place? Each week, a different sphere is explored. This week, David interviews Prof. Brett Frischmann of Cardozo Law, author of Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources. For more information, please go to http://hearsayculture.com.
2012-07-1000 min