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How Tax WorksFamous and Important Tax Cases: Part IIIn episode 30 of How Tax Works, Matt Foreman continues his discussion of important and relevant tax cases, discussing gambling losses, whether something is a gift, whether an asset is inventory or a capital asset, and closing with a discussion of Broadway producer George M. Cohan’s contribution to tax law.How Tax Works, hosted by FRB Partner Matthew E. Foreman, Esq., LL.M. at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP, delves into the intricacies of taxation, breaking down complex concepts for a clearer understanding of how tax laws impact your financial decisions. Follow us on Bluesky:@ho...2025-07-2123 min
How Tax WorksFamous and Important Tax Cases: Part IIn episode 29 of How Tax Works, Matt Foreman discusses important and relevant tax cases, noting that there might be a patriotic duty to pay your taxes due, the power of substance versus form arguments, and how hedges are taxed.How Tax Works, hosted by FRB Partner Matthew E. Foreman, Esq., LL.M. at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP, delves into the intricacies of taxation, breaking down complex concepts for a clearer understanding of how tax laws impact your financial decisions. Follow us on Bluesky:@howtaxworks.bsky.socialThis podcast may be considered attorney...2025-07-0723 min
How Tax WorksFamily OfficesIn Episode 28 of How Tax Works, Matt Foreman discusses Family Offices, focusing on purpose, structure, and why they’re the perfect solution for booking a family vacation to Monaco.How Tax Works, hosted by FRB Partner Matthew E. Foreman, Esq., LL.M. at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP, delves into the intricacies of taxation, breaking down complex concepts for a clearer understanding of how tax laws impact your financial decisions. Follow us on Bluesky:@howtaxworks.bsky.socialThis podcast may be considered attorney advertising. This podcast is not presented for purposes of legal ad...2025-06-2325 min
How Tax WorksF Reorgs ReduxIn episode 27 of How Tax Works, Matt Foreman discusses what to do when you’ve made a S election and might have some remorse, need to restructure, or need to sell part of the business.How Tax Works, hosted by FRB Partner Matthew E. Foreman, Esq., LL.M. at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP, delves into the intricacies of taxation, breaking down complex concepts for a clearer understanding of how tax laws impact your financial decisions. Follow us on Bluesky:@howtaxworks.bsky.socialThis podcast may be considered attorney advertising. This podcast is no...2025-06-0922 min
How Tax WorksABCs of A, B, and C ReorganizationsIn episode 26 of How Tax Works, Matt Foreman discusses how to ensure mergers and acquisitions are tax-free, why it’s not always best to squeeze into tax-free status, general requirements, and common issues.How Tax Works, hosted by FRB Partner Matthew E. Foreman, Esq., LL.M. at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP, delves into the intricacies of taxation, breaking down complex concepts for a clearer understanding of how tax laws impact your financial decisions. Follow us on Bluesky:@howtaxworks.bsky.socialThis podcast may be considered attorney advertising. This podcast is not presented fo...2025-05-2722 min
How Tax WorksPartnership DivisionsIn Episode 25 of How Tax Works, Matt Foreman discusses the tax implications of dividing partnerships, redeeming partners, and dealing with partnership debt. How Tax Works, hosted by FRB Partner Matthew E. Foreman, Esq., LL.M. at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP, delves into the intricacies of taxation, breaking down complex concepts for a clearer understanding of how tax laws impact your financial decisions. Follow us on Bluesky:@howtaxworks.bsky.socialThis podcast may be considered attorney advertising. This podcast is not presented for purposes of legal advice or for providing a legal opinion. B...2025-05-1224 min
How Tax WorksDivisive ReorganizationsIn Episode 24 of How Tax Works, Matt Foreman discusses how to divide two businesses into separate entities, focusing on the legal requirements and best practices.How Tax Works, hosted by FRB Partner Matthew E. Foreman, Esq., LL.M. at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP, delves into the intricacies of taxation, breaking down complex concepts for a clearer understanding of how tax laws impact your financial decisions. Follow us on Bluesky:@howtaxworks.bsky.socialThis podcast may be considered attorney advertising. This podcast is not presented for purposes of legal advice or for providing...2025-04-2819 min
How Tax WorksWhat the F is an F Reorg?In Episode 23 of How Tax Works, Matt Foreman discusses the five W’s of F Reorgs: Who needs one, What they do (and don’t do), When they’re necessary, Where the foot faults lie, and Why you need to be careful when undertaking one.How Tax Works, hosted by FRB Partner Matthew E. Foreman, Esq., LL.M. at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP, delves into the intricacies of taxation, breaking down complex concepts for a clearer understanding of how tax laws impact your financial decisions. Follow us on Bluesky:@howtaxworks.bsky.socialThis p...2025-04-1422 min
How Tax WorksGolden ParachutesIn Episode 22 of How Tax Works, Matt Foreman discusses Golden Parachutes under section 280G, which may sound like a fun thing to have, but they likely result in the highest effective income tax rates.How Tax Works, hosted by FRB Partner Matthew E. Foreman, Esq., LL.M. at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP, delves into the intricacies of taxation, breaking down complex concepts for a clearer understanding of how tax laws impact your financial decisions. Follow us on Bluesky:@howtaxworks.bsky.socialThis podcast may be considered attorney advertising. This podcast is not...2025-03-3131 min
How Tax WorksWhy Foreign Persons Probably Shouldn’t Own LLCsIn Episode 21 of How Tax Works, Matt Foreman discusses why foreign persons almost certainly shouldn’t own LLCs, a surprisingly common issue.How Tax Works, hosted by FRB Partner Matthew E. Foreman, Esq., LL.M. at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP, delves into the intricacies of taxation, breaking down complex concepts for a clearer understanding of how tax laws impact your financial decisions. Follow us on Bluesky:@howtaxworks.bsky.socialThis podcast may be considered attorney advertising. This podcast is not presented for purposes of legal advice or for providing a legal opinion. Be...2025-03-1725 min
How Tax WorksWhy, for Tax Reasons, You Should Buy a Professional Sports TeamIn Episode 20 of How Tax Works, Matt Foreman discusses the pros and cons of buying a professional sports team from a tax perspective. Listen for a discussion of depreciation, amortization, and business expenses galore.How Tax Works, hosted by FRB Partner Matthew E. Foreman, Esq., LL.M. at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP, delves into the intricacies of taxation, breaking down complex concepts for a clearer understanding of how tax laws impact your financial decisions. Follow us on Bluesky:@howtaxworks.bsky.socialThis podcast may be considered attorney advertising. This podcast is not...2025-03-0319 min
How Tax WorksQualified Small Business Stock (IRC 1202): Part IIIIn Episode 19 of How Tax Works, Matt Foreman concludes his discussion of Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS), which is section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code. He discusses possible ways to increase the QSBS exclusion, including gifting, various trusts, and so-called stacking transactions, with a warning about the anticipatory assignment of income doctrine, finishing up with the ability to rollover QSBS stock.How Tax Works, hosted by FRB Partner Matthew E. Foreman, Esq., LL.M. at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP, delves into the intricacies of taxation, breaking down complex concepts for a clearer understanding of how tax laws i...2025-02-1718 min
How Tax WorksQualified Small Business Stock (IRC 1202): Part IIIn Episode 18 of How Tax Works, Matt Foreman continues his discussion of Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS), section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code. In this episode, he discusses the original issuance requirement, issues with redemptions, gifts, partnership distributions, short positions, the Qualified Small Business requirement, the active business requirement, possible meanings of “substantially all”, and what types of business qualify.Please also see Matt Foreman’s upcoming webinars! Details below:Revenue Rulings 99-5 and 99-6: Tax Implications of Restructured Partnerships and LLCsFebruary 17th, 2025 @ 1:00pm – 2:50pm ESTHow Tax Works, hosted by FRB Partner Matthew...2025-02-0326 min
How Tax WorksQualified Small Business Stock (IRC 1202): Part IIn Episode 17 of How Tax Works, Matt Foreman talks about Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS), which is section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code. In this episode, he discusses how (and whether) income is excluded, the holding requirement, basis rules and the per-issuer requirement, and certain transactions that allow for continued deferral of tax. Please also see Matt Foreman’s upcoming webinars! Details below:Domicile and Tax Residency Considerations for Business OwnersJanuary 22nd, 2025 @ 2:00pm - 3:00pm ESTRevenue Rulings 99-5 and 99-6: Tax Implications of Restructured Partnerships and LLCsFebruary 17th, 2025 @ 1:00pm - 2:50pm ESTHo...2025-01-2129 min
How Tax WorksQuestions People Ask Tax Lawyers at WeddingsIn episode 16 of How Tax Works, Matt Foreman talks about how to lower your taxes and why your accountant probably shouldn’t let you deduct your Bugatti, as well as answering a question from Ken Falcon, Managing Partner at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP regarding whether property acquired via adverse possession is taxable. This episode is for anyone who has asked or has been asked a quick tax question.Please also see Matt Foreman’s upcoming webinars! Details below:Deducting Digital Asset Losses: Worthless Assets, Rev Proc 2024-28 Basis Safe Harbor, Theft and Casualty LossesJanuary 15th, 2...2025-01-0619 min
How Tax WorksTax Issues with DivorceIn episode 15 of How Tax Works, Matt Foreman discusses tax issues with divorce, from transfer between spouses, to splitting up businesses and the need for detailed documents to avoid problems. This episode is for anyone who knows anyone who has ever gotten divorced, which should be everyone in the known world at this point.Please also see Matt Foreman’s upcoming webinars! Details below:Deducting Digital Asset Losses: Worthless Assets, Rev Proc 2024-28 Basis Safe Harbor, Theft and Casualty LossesJanuary 15th, 2025 @ 1:00pm - 2:50pm ESTDomicile and Tax Residency Con...2024-12-1628 min
How Tax WorksAt Risk Limitations under IRC 465In episode 14 of How Tax Works, Matt Foreman discusses another signature change from the Tax Reform Act of 1986, section 465, which often prevents deductions from activities where the owner does not have capital subject to a risk of loss. This episode is for anyone who is using leverage or investing in a business that will produce initial losses without requiring an initial capital contribution.How Tax Works, hosted by FRB Partner Matthew E. Foreman, Esq., LL.M. at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP, delves into the intricacies of taxation, breaking down complex concepts for a clearer understanding of how t...2024-12-0920 min
How Tax WorksPassive Activity Losses and Credit Limitations under IRC 469In episode 13 of How Tax Works, Matt Foreman discusses one of the signature changes from the Tax Reform Act of 1986, section 469, which often prevents passive losses from being used to offset income in from other activities. This episode is for anyone who is considering energy tax credits, buying real estate, or any other area of investment that will generate losses or tax benefits without necessarily requiring active participation.How Tax Works, hosted by FRB Partner Matthew E. Foreman, Esq., LL.M. at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP, delves into the intricacies of taxation, breaking down complex concepts for a...2024-11-2522 min
How Tax WorksSelf-employment Tax on Partners, Net Investment Income Tax, and Soroban Capital Partners LP v. Comm’r (Part II)In this episode of How Tax Works, host Matt Foreman continues his discussion of self-employment taxes, the ongoing tax saga of a hedge fund’s partners trying to convince the IRS that they are “limited partners, as such”, and the somewhat-related Net Investment Income Tax. This episode is for anyone who is starting, operating, structuring, or wondering about how income tax structuring interplays with other kinds of taxes, especially if you listened to the first part.Please also see Matt Foreman’s upcoming webinar! Link below:Tax Strategies for Limited Partner Investors in Private Investment Funds...2024-11-1226 min
How Tax WorksSelf-employment Tax on Partners, Net Investment Income Tax, and Soroban Capital Partners LP v. Comm’r (Part I)In this episode of How Tax Works, host Matt Foreman discusses self-employment taxes, the ongoing tax saga of a hedge fund’s partners trying to convince the IRS that they are “limited partners, as such”, and the somewhat-related Net Investment Income Tax. This episode is for anyone who is starting, operating, structuring, or wondering about how income tax structuring interplays with other kinds of taxes.Please also see Matt Foreman’s upcoming webinar! Link below:Tax Strategies for Limited Partner Investors in Private Investment Funds November 14th, 2024 @ 1:00pm – 2:30pm ESTHow Tax Wor...2024-10-2829 min
How Tax WorksTax Consequences of Forming, Selling, and Dissolving Partnerships and Disregarded Entities (Rev. Ruls. 99-5 and 99-6)In this episode of How Tax Works, host Matt Foreman discusses the tax consequences of going from a disregarded entity to a partnership (Rev. Rul. 99-5) and from a partnership to a disregarded entity (Rev. Rul. 99-6). From explaining when there is taxable income (and how to structure to avoid it), as well as capital accounts, inside basis, and outside basis, this episode is for anyone who is starting, selling, or investing in a business, whether alone or with a partner.Please also see Matt Foreman’s upcoming webinars! Links are below:Positives and Negatives of...2024-10-1522 min
How Tax WorksVarious State and Local Income Tax IssuesIn this episode of How Tax Works, host Matt Foreman discusses a variety of state and local income tax issues that commonly come up during sales/purchases, raising capital, and the general operation of a business that crosses state lines, such as sourcing, PTETs, and the quirks of local income taxes.Please also see Matt Foreman’s upcoming webinars! Links are below:Positives and Negatives of S Corporations October 29th, 2024 @ 1:00pm – 2:00pm EDT Tax Strategies for Limited Partner Investors in Private Investment Funds November 14th, 2024 @ 1:00pm – 2:30pm ESTHow T...2024-09-3025 min
How Tax WorksConvertible Debt and SAFEsIn this episode of How Tax Works, host Matt Foreman discusses the tax consequences of Convertible Debt and Simple Agreements for Future Equity (SAFE). From explaining what it means to use Convertible Debt and SAFEs, to the tax consequences of each, this episode is for anyone who is investing in a business in anything that is not strictly equity or debt.Please also see Matt Foreman's upcoming webinars! Links are below:Positives and Negatives of S CorporationsOctober 29th, 2024 @ 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT Tax Strategies for Limited Partner Investors in Private Investment Fu...2024-09-1623 min
How Tax WorksProfits Interests, Promotes, and How to Structure Equity-based CompensationIn a quasi-continuation of episode 6 of How Tax Works, host Matt Foreman discusses the most misunderstood and misapplied form of equity grants: Profits Interests. This episode is for anyone who wants to better understand promotes and springing interests, as well as anyone who wants to grant or receive equity in a way that does not require the immediate payment of taxes. How Tax Works, hosted by FRB Partner Matthew E. Foreman, Esq., LL.M. at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP, delves into the intricacies of taxation, breaking down complex concepts for a clearer understanding of how tax laws im...2024-09-0320 min
How Tax WorksEquity-based Compensation and 83(b) ElectionsIn this episode of How Tax Works, host Matt Foreman discusses the tax consequences of equity compensation, including stock options (ISOs and NSOs), Stock Appreciation Rights and Phantom Stock, Restricted Stock Units, and Restricted Stock Awards, as well as when (and how!) you can and cannot make 83(b) elections. This episode is for anyone who wants to know what happens when their boss asks them if they would be interested in becoming a part-owner… for free(ish).How Tax Works, hosted by FRB Partner Matthew E. Foreman, Esq., LL.M. at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP, delves into the...2024-08-1924 min
How Tax WorksOrdinary & Necessary Business Expenses: Examples and What Not to DoIn a continuation of episode 4, in this episode of How Tax Works, host Matt Foreman gives examples of what you can deduct as a business expense, including home office deduction, family trips to the Pumpkin Patch, hiring your children, and the so-called Augusta Rule. This episode is for business owners, attorneys, accountants, and their advisors, as well as anyone who has ever wondered “can I deduct this?”How Tax Works, hosted by FRB Partner Matthew E. Foreman, Esq., LL.M. at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP, delves into the intricacies of taxation, breaking down complex concepts for a clear...2024-08-0522 min
How Tax WorksOrdinary & Necessary Business Expenses: IRC 162 and 212In this episode of How Tax Works, host Matt Foreman discusses what you can deduct as business expenses, giving an overview of the law, regulations, and case law, as well as practical commentary based on his experience. This episode is for business owners, attorneys, accountants, and their advisors, as well as anyone who has ever wondered either “can I deduct this?” or “should I deduct this?”How Tax Works, hosted by FRB Partner Matthew E. Foreman, Esq., LL.M. at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP, delves into the intricacies of taxation, breaking down complex concepts for a clearer understan...2024-07-2231 min
Block & OrderPolymarket Predictions, Pump.fun Memecoins, Celsius, SEC Updates, and OpenAI Whistleblowers - #17Hosts Kyle Lawrence and Moish Peltz kick off this episode with a look at Polymarket, a prediction market that's making waves by forecasting political events and other topics. They also discuss Pump.fun and memecoins, where the number of memecoins has intriguingly soared from under 2000 to over a million in just six months.Listeners will learn about the CFTC Chairman's comments on crypto assets as well as recent developments with the SEC, including the dropping of investigations into BUSD and the Hiro Stacks blockchain. Moish and Kyle also cover Celsius targeting users who withdrew funds before its...2024-07-2030 min
How Tax WorksResidencyIn this episode of How Tax Works, host Matt Foreman discusses state residency rules to determine where an individual is a resident for income tax purposes. Focusing on New York’s rules, Matt will discuss rules for residency, domicile, and how to change both. This episode is for business owners, attorneys, accountants, and their advisors, as well as the Franchise Tax Board of California, which litigated this issue and a variety of ancillary issues with Gilbert Hyatt for roughly 30 years.How Tax Works, hosted by FRB Partner Matthew E. Foreman, Esq., LL.M. at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP...2024-07-0826 min
How Tax WorksSales and Use TaxIn this episode of How Tax Works, host Matt Foreman discusses Sales and Use Taxes. Matt will define sales taxes and use taxes; describe the common and disparate features between states; what to do if you need to collect; and how to determine if what you sell is subject to sales tax. This episode is for business owners, attorneys, accountants, and their advisors, as well as Wayfair, Overstock, and Newegg, whose decision to litigate against the South Dakota case ushered in a new era of tax collections.How Tax Works, hosted by FRB Partner Matthew E. Foreman, Es...2024-06-2428 min
How Tax WorksEntity SelectionWelcome to the first episode of How Tax Works. Host Matt Foreman discusses what is likely the most important decision that a business owner can make: Entity Selection. Matt will discuss many of the tax and non-tax factors, ways to weight those factors, and the tax effects of each type of entity. This episode is for business owners, attorneys, accountants, and their advisors, as well as anyone who has ever wondered whether they should make a S election.Attachment HereHow Tax Works, hosted by FRB Partner Matthew E. Foreman, Esq., LL.M...2024-06-1029 min
Block & OrderWill Farcaster Dethrone Twitter? GoDaddy & ENS Partnership, Robotos Shutdown - #8Join hosts Kyle Lawrence and Moish Peltz in the latest episode of Block & Order as they unpack the legal intricacies from GoDaddy's partnership with ENS Ethereum name service to the delisting of Monero and the rise of Farcaster as a potential challenger to Twitter, no stone is left unturned. They also delve into the unexpected shutdown of the NFT project Robotos and its implications for artistic autonomy. Tune in for another thought-provoking discussion on the legal issues shaping the world of web3 and beyond.0:00 Welcome to Block & Order01:09 GoDaddy/ENS Partnership04:54 Monero Delisted from Binance2024-02-1921 min
Block & OrderSam Bankman-Fried Testifies in Court, Yuga Labs, LBRY - #2In this episode of Block and Order, we dive deep into the high-profile case of Yuga Labs and its victory in a trademark infringement trial, SEC v Jarkesy, the controversy surrounding Hamas and cryptocurrency funding, and highlighting the need for accurate reporting. Additionally, we discuss LBRY's recent shutdown, showcasing the evolving landscape of Web3 and its legal challenges. Moish also shares his thoughts about sitting in on Sam Bankman-Fried's trial and SBF's testimony to Judge Kaplan. Join us as we unravel the complexities of the crypto world. Listen now on Block & Order!Chapters: 2023-11-0226 min
Audible AnarchismAlexander Berkman: What is Communist Anarchism? - Will Anarchist Communism Work?Read for Audible Anarchist by Gregory Pankow https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69G...
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Alexander Berkman (November 21, 1870 – June 28, 1936) was a leading member of the anarchist movement in the early 20th century, famous for both his political activism and his writing. Berkman was born in Vilna in the Russian Empire (present-day Vilnius, Lithuania) and immigrated to the United States in 1888. He lived in New York City, where he became involved in the anarchist movement. He was the one-time lover and lifelong friend of anarchist Emma Goldman. In 1892, undertaking an ac...2022-10-0139 min
Delving DeeperReinventing meat with George PeppouCould we reduce the environmental costs of eating meat? Could we make it cheaper, or healthier? Would you do it by feeding livestock differently, or through different farming practices?
George Peppou asks; "why not start from scratch?"
Vow is a Sydney-based startup that grows real meat, from animal cells, in a lab. They're not just sticking to beef, either. They have their own bio-bank, brimming with all sorts of species that just might taste better than what we normally eat.
Join us as George talks us through the problems with the current food...2022-07-2651 min
Strength Culture's Podcast#31 - Will Berkman on Why He Left the IndustryGetGoing PT Careers: www.getgoingpt.com.au/careers Ready to make some progress with your training?: https://www.melbournestrengthculture.com/coaching-services 0:00 Number 1 in the hearts, number 1 in the charts 0:45 Where did Will Berkman go?! 3:19 Taking consistent hits before, during and after COVID 9:50 Finding fulfilment in your career 17:21 Building out a resume for LinkedIn 21:59 Rolling the dice on big job opportunity 26:09 Studying dietetics 32:38 Pitching ideas to Shark Tank 35:51 Mastery of systems and upskilling yourself as a coach 38:58 The importance of having like minded people around you 41:03...2022-06-131h 10Strength Culture's Podcast#31 - Will Berkman on Why He Left the IndustryGetGoing PT Careers: www.getgoingpt.com.au/careers Ready to make some progress with your training?: https://www.melbournestrengthculture.com/coaching-services 0:00 Number 1 in the hearts, number 1 in the charts 0:45 Where did Will Berkman go?! 3:19 Taking consistent hits before, during and after COVID 9:50 Finding fulfilment in your career 17:21 Building out a resume for LinkedIn 21:59 Rolling the dice on big job opportunity 26:09 Studying dietetics 32:38 Pitching ideas to Shark Tank 35:51 Mastery of systems and upskilling yourself as a coach 38:58 The importance of having like minded people around you 41:03...2022-06-131h 10
Delving DeeperHousing affordability, climate change, and thinking like an economist with Nicki HutleyCan you put a dollar value on life? Why is housing so unaffordable in Australia, and what can we do about it? Are Australians destined to lose out in a transition to a carbon-neutral world?
Nicki Hutley is an independent economist and member the Climate Council, and she has spent her life studying and educating others on just these topics. Today, she gives us a glimpse of an economist’s view of the world. We look at the causes, consequences, and solutions to Australia’s housing crisis, and we discuss how Australia is positioned for a greener futu...2022-06-071h 01Delving DeeperSpace, innovation, and saving the planet with Tim ParsonsDo you know how much of your everyday life occurs in space? The banking transactions you make, the weather predictions that you check, and the internet service you socialise on all rely on things occuring outside of our planet.
Tim Parsons has lived and breathed space his whole life, and is now the chair of the Space Industry Association of Australia board of directors. He walks us through why Australia needs a space industry, as well as the economic and strategic opportunities it affords us. He talks about the rapid pace of innovation in space, and why...2022-01-121h 02Delving DeeperComposing video game music with Julian "Zorsy" SanchezHave you ever wondered how the music in your favourite video games was written? How does a musician hear a description of a character, or a world, or an achievement, and write a melody to bring them to life? What creative limitations exist on composers for video games, and how do they work around them?
Julian "Zorsy" Sanchez has written music for multiple Nintendo Switch titles, indie games, and even worked with Cartoon Network. He walks us through his creative processes and inspirations, and gives us an insight into shaping the way we view video game worlds. 2021-11-081h 22Delving DeeperFamily values, fitness, and authenticity with Kyle DobbsBalancing lofty business-goals with building a family isn't easy, as Kyle Dobbs knows. He's been in the fitness industry for >15 years, with experiences ranging from working 70hr weeks as a personal trainer in NYC, to managing trainers and their education nationally for a large company, before moving to full-time online work. A large driver of his career progression has been the desire to live a life true to his values; one in which family is front and centre.
So what led Kyle to seek more balance in his life, and how has he navigated managing both his...2021-10-261h 11
Delving DeeperSuper Smash Bros and self improvement with Joshua Lyras (Sora)Australia's best Super Smash Bros player joins Will to talk about the life of a high-level competitive gamer. We talk about why the game is so rewarding to play, what it's like to strive to improve in a quintessentially competitive pursuit in the absence of competition, and what processes Josh goes through in order to refine his play in advance of his upcoming assault on the global stage.2021-10-201h 34
Delving DeeperFitness, communication, and minimalism with Luke TullochIt's hard to be intellectually honest in the age of social media. Nobody knows that better than Luke Tulloch, a personal trainer, educator, and neuroscientist by training.
Luke joins will to discuss being a fitness professional and a thinker, and how he finds satisfaction in making the complex simple. We talk about the value of subtractive thinking in fitness pursuits, and decision-making in the face of uncertainty. Luke talks of his drive to succeed in a field with less clearly-delineated career paths, how he came to pursue a more minimalist lifestyle, and what that means to him. 2021-10-141h 08
Delving DeeperStripping, powerlifting, and entrepreneurship with Paige MillsHow would being a stripper affect your views of people and relationships? How can leveraging social media turn you into a professional athlete? Can you make money moving horse manure around?
Paige joins Will to talk about her career as a stripper, a powerlifting athlete and coach, and nurse. We talk about how she entered each of those fields, and how she continues to be an entrepreneur. 2021-10-081h 04
Delving DeeperMusicianship and music education with Loko McDonaldWhat's the creative process of a prog musician? How do history and culture impact our tastes? What is the role of music education in the development of children?
Loko joins Will to talk about musicianship, artistry and more.
You can listen to Loko's band, Introspect, and their album "Midnight Sun" on Spotify now. 2021-10-011h 16
The GymJump PodShifting Your Lifting, Rugby, and Aesthetics with Will BerkmanAwesome episode with Will Berkman chatting about his experience with Rugby that led him into the sport of Powerlifting. He shared his journey and why shifting your focus from time to time can help you achieve ultimate fitness progress!2021-09-2135 min
Hyperformance Podcast#213- Will Berkman- PowerlifterWill comes back for his 3rd appearance (2nd during lockdown) to tell some good travel stories, talk powerlifting and more. https://linktr.ee/hyperformancemedia2021-07-201h 43
Compound Performance RadioSadly, Bill Werkman was killed in the recording of this podcast with Will BerkmanWill holds a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise and Sports science and a Master’s in Nutrition and Dietetics, both from the University of Sydney. He has been coaching lifters since 2014, and now works with beginner through elite powerlifters both within Australia and internationally. He also works with general population clients and collaborates with other allied health professionals. He has hosted seminars on strength training, coaching practice, and nutrition, as well as producing ongoing educational content for fitness professionals. Learn more about WillFind Will on Instagram
Enrollment for Q3 Group Mentorship is now open. We officially start July...2021-06-241h 14
Balance SheetHow Employers Can Meet Gen Z Where They AreSay what you will about Gen z, they now comprise the entire traditional- age undergraduate college demographic. This means that employers will do everything they can to better understand this age group. Companies want and need to get inside the minds of Gen Z current and future employees and Gen Z consumers. What better place to start than with their educators? In this episode I spoke with Jeff Wilks and Brian Voigt, both of BYU, about everything from Zoom fatigue to virtual interview skills and what this generation is looking for from their future employers. As part of this...2021-04-0148 min
East Side Freedom LibraryCo-Conspirator of Justice: The Revolutionary Life of Dr. Alan Berkman, with author Susan Reverby, 3/22/21Alan Berkman (1945–2009) was a medical student and doctor who became radicalized by his experiences at the Wounded Knee takeover, at the Attica prison uprising, and at health clinics for the poor. He provided covert care to members of revolutionary groups, participated in bombings of government buildings and was eventually captured and served eight years in some of America’s worst penitentiaries. After his release in 1992, he returned to medical practice and became an HIV/AIDS physician, teacher, and global health activist. He worked to change U.S. policy, making AIDS treatment more widely available in the global south and saving mil...2021-03-241h 09Balance SheetTenants Need to Have a Good StoryWith the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, the idea of returning to the office is becoming more of a reality. But it also raises questions. Will we be safe? How should we navigate lease negotiations? What will the office of the future look like?
These are just a few of the questions we tackled in this episode, which is a recording of a live Q&A I did on rethinking the office.Special Guests: Alan Jovinelly and Jim Paterno.2021-03-1131 min
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyDigital Witnesses: The Power of LookingHannane Ferdjani, Nana Mgbechikwere Nwachukwu, and Dr. Allissa Richardson explore how young Black people around the world are utilizing tech tools to track and circumvent oppressive policies by repressive governments. The conversation includes how Black people of Nigeria, Uganda, and the United States are leveraging social media platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Clubhouse for artistic expressions on political and social issues in their countries. The panel also considers how young digital activists highlight the importance and place of the digital civic space to rights and freedoms offline. Finally, the discussion will address some of the limitations of digital...2021-03-081h 10
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyOrganizing, Budgeting, and Implementing Wraparound Services for People in Quarantine and IsolationPeople who have been exposed to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease, or have become infected with it, need to quarantine or isolate from others so that they don’t spread the disease to others. However, staying away from others for weeks at a time is difficult for many people. This seminar addresses how US state and local public health leaders can better organize wraparound services so people can successfully complete periods of isolation or quarantine. Specifically, it will cover the types of services typically needed, how to organize support programs, how to budget for them, and the costs of...2021-02-261h 15Balance Sheet“If I Don’t See One, I Will Be One”In honor of Black History Month and the powerful women of color who are inspiring others to dream big, I’d like to share my conversation with a truly remarkable woman.
Noel Abdur-Rahim is an Assurance Partner with PwC, focusing mostly on auditing public companies in the industrial manufacturing industry. Noel has over 15 years of experience serving clients in various sectors including large consumer and industrial products, utility, retail, higher education and multinational organizations and she is also on the board of the National Association of Black Accountants (or NABA). Special Guest: Noel Abdur-Rahim.2021-02-2538 min
Peak Speak - A Powerlifting PodcastPeak Speak Episode 107: Will BerkmanThomas and John sit down with Will Berkman, a powerlifter and coach who cohosts the Weakly Weights Podcast.
Use code PEAKSPEAK at Prism Coffee for some sweet savings on your premium coffee needs!
2020-12-201h 07
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyElection Chaos: Platform Preparations for the US Electionevelyn douek and Julie Owono discuss how platforms are preparing for—and anticipating—a variety of issues related to disinformation in the lead up to, and immediate aftermath of, the 2020 US election on November 3. douek focuses on what platforms have and haven't learned from 2016. Owono explores how this election, and others in the world, will challenge freedom of expression on global social media platforms. This event was moderated by Oumou Ly, Staff Fellow on the Assembly: Disinformation project.
Together, they highlight the intricate challenges that platforms are facing and provide insight into what to look for and anticipate in the days...2020-11-0356 minBalance SheetEpisode 15: It's Time to Reinvent the CalendarAs we all adapt to our new normals, one thing that might still feel out of reach is focus. How can we jump from parent mode or homeschool mode into work mode and back again?
According to executive coach Angelo Valenti, the secret is right in front of us: our calendars.
In this episode, Angelo gives great advice about returning to the office and shares techniques to help us feel more accomplished and happy working from home.
This will be the final episode of season 1 of Balance Sheet.Special Guest: Angelo Valenti.2020-09-1820 min
The Amir Fazeli PodcastFitness Business, Online Coaching & Stuff With Will BerkmanWill Berkman joins me to talk about the state of the fitness industry after the COVID lockdown. What he learned, changed and added to his services as an online and face to face coach during the lockdown period and after it. The mindset needed to start your own fitness business, survive in the industry and what standards you need to hold yourself to. He had some really good tips on how to structure your business and membership plans and he talks about his goals of educating coaches and PTs in the future. You can follow Will on Instagram @w.berkmanpt...2020-07-261h 43
Strength Culture's Quantum LiftingCHAPTER 70 - Will Berkman from Weakly WeightsIn this episode, Charlie sat down with Will Berkman the co-host of the strength and powerlifting podcast Weakly Weights. Will is a strength and powerlifting coach from Sydney, Australia and in this episode the boys discussed the concept of over-coaching.
If you have anything you like us to discuss on the podcast, please let us know, we are always looking for suggestions.
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Wise Lifting with Luke TullochWill BerkmanJoin Will and I as we discuss progressive overload, how we judge can gains in technical proficiency vs weight on the bar or volume done, training volume and how it drives progression, coaching and language, how to communicate with clients and how experience as a coach can influence your ability to be a good client.
Will gives a lot of insight into the nuts and bolts of coaching and how we can promote self-efficacy and independence in our clients. I also enjoyed the section we had on specialising vs being a generalist, and how they're dependent on...2020-07-151h 11Balance SheetEpisode 8: “I Want More People That Look Like Me In The Profession”: Part 1Herschel Frierson is a managing director in the consulting group at Crowe LLP and soon to be Chair of the Board of Directors of NABA, the National Association of Black Accountants.
As you’ll hear, Herschel has done a tremendous amount of work to bring young black people to the accounting profession. We talked about the practices in accounting and finance that lead to a lack of diversity, the importance of mentorship, and the conversations he’s having with his daughter in the midst of global protests.
We all know that we have a lot to learn and...2020-06-1237 minHyperformance Podcast#177- Will Berkman- Powerlifting CoachWill is the other half of Weakly Weights and posts some great content online regarding bodybuilding, powerlifting and nutrition. Listen in as we talk gyms post COVID-19, how to navigate the internet, pornography and much more. Instagram: @hyperformancepodcast Email: oscarbradley3@gmail.com2020-05-241h 18Balance SheetEpisode 3: Career Transitions in Today's WorldFinding a job in the current market upended by COVID-19 will require financial executives to be determined and thoughtful. This episode gives you some the tools needed to start the search.
Paul's favorite podcast: Future Proof, #92: Don’t panic: Coronavirus questions for your business, employees, and clients | with Jennifer Elder.Special Guest: Paul McDonald.2020-04-0934 min
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyNapster@20: Reflections on the Internet’s Most Controversial Music File Sharing ServiceThis panel discussion will address the topic of “Napster @ 20,” looking back from our vantage point in 2019 and examining the direct and indirect legacy of Napster over the past two decades. The panelists are Christopher Bavitz, Nancy Baym, David Herlihy, and Jennifer Jenkins. For more information about this event, visit https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/napster20-reflections-internets-most-controversial-music-file-sharing-service2019-11-2559 min
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyNorth of Havana: A Lawyer's Truth featuring Martin GarbusIn this talk, Martin Garbus shares his truth: from representing criminal murder defendants, to representing detained migrants, to the internet’s effect on justice. When a lawyer must choose between giving a truth that will lead to injustice or lying to pursue justice, what are his obligations? For more information, visithttps://cyber.harvard.edu/events/north-havana-lawyers-truth2019-11-061h 03
Writer's BoneFriday Morning Coffee: Seth Berkman, Author of A Team of Their OwnAuthor Seth Berkman joins Caitlin Malcuit on Friday Morning Coffee to discuss his book A Team of Their Own: How an International Sisterhood Made Olympic History. Caitlin and Courtney Malcuit also investigate quality Halloween offerings on various streaming services. To learn more about Seth Berkman, visit his official website and follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Berkman will also be appearing at Harvard Coop on Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm, Daniel Ford's Black Coffee, and OneRoom.2019-10-0423 min
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyA New Jim Code? Featuring Ruha Benjamin and Jasmine McNealyFrom everyday apps to complex algorithms, technology has the potential to hide, speed, and even deepen discrimination, while appearing neutral and even benevolent when compared to racist practices of a previous era. In this talk, Ruha Benjamin presents the concept of the “New Jim Code" to explore a range of discriminatory designs that encode inequity: by explicitly amplifying racial hierarchies, by ignoring but thereby replicating social divisions, or by aiming to fix racial bias but ultimately doing quite the opposite. Ruha will also consider how race itself is a kind of tool designed to stratify and sanctify social injustice and di...2019-10-031h 02
Macabolic PodcastEp 46. Will Berkman - Basic Training Need To Know'sEP 46 OF THE MACABOLIC PODCAST ON ITUNES. (available in maybe 6 hours) These days most of my coaching is done online, as a sports nutritionist and therefore exclusively diet-related. But despite the coaching I do being diet-centric I tend to get a lot of training questions from clients. 'How should I train', or 'I do this, then that, is this good for this goal?' Of course training and nutrition goes hand-in-hand, so these questions are certainly valid and expected. As I get these questions reasonmably often I figured I'd record a podcast addressing this topic on a basic 'need to...2019-09-0457 min
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyPrivacy’s Blueprint - The Battle to Control the Design of New TechnologiesIn this talk, Professor Woodrow Hartzog argues that the law should require software and hardware makers to respect privacy in the design of their products.
Against the often self-serving optimism of Silicon Valley and the inertia of tech evangelism, privacy gains will come from better rules for products, not users. The current model of regulating use fosters exploitation.
Hartzog speaks on the need to develop the theoretical underpinnings of a new kind of privacy law that is responsive to the way people actually perceive and use digital technologies. The law can demand encryption. It can prohibit malicious interfaces that deceive...2019-03-121h 05
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyThe Smart Enough City: Putting Technology In Its Place To Reclaim Our Urban FutureSmart cities, where technology is used to solve every problem, are hailed as futuristic urban utopias. We are promised that apps, algorithms, and artificial intelligence will relieve congestion, restore democracy, prevent crime, and improve public services.
In "The Smart Enough City," Ben Green warns against seeing the city only through the lens of technology; taking an exclusively technical view of urban life will lead to cities that appear smart but under the surface are rife with injustice and inequality. He proposes instead that cities strive to be “smart enough”: to embrace technology as a powerful tool when used in conjunction with...2019-02-261h 06
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyCyberlaw and Human Rights: Intersections In The Global SouthAfter two decades of little direct legislation of the internet, national laws and related court decisions meant to govern cyberspace are rapidly proliferating worldwide. They are becoming building blocks in new legal frameworks that will shape the evolution of Internet governance and policymaking for years to come.
In the Global South and particularly under repressive regimes, these frameworks can be imposed with little regard for human rights obligations and without a full understanding of the technologies and processes they regulate or their implications for the preservation of the core values of the internet: interoperability, universality, and free expression and the...2019-02-261h 30Wise Lifting with Luke Tulloch07 - Training Volume w/ Will Berkmanhttps://weaklyweights.podbean.com/
Luke and Will discuss training volume for muscle and strength on the Weakly Weights podcast.
@w.berkmanpt
@_luketulloch www.luketulloch.com/membership 2019-01-171h 23
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyPromoting Fairness, Equity, and Human Rights in TechPerspectives from Europe and the US on a Law and Policy Agenda
Digital technologies affect the lives of billions of people around the world daily. The decisions of private platforms and tech developers — and the public institutions that regulate their conduct — can shape public discourse, with profound impacts on democracy, liberty, autonomy, and governance.
This panel provides a broad overview of the landscape for regulating cutting-edge digital technologies in Europe and the US. The discussion focuses on mechanisms for ensuring tech developers and platforms build and deploy their products and services in a manner that is consistent with fundamental human righ...2018-12-0454 min
Macabolic PodcastEp 28. Will Berkman, Is A Training Program Required To Reach A Goal?Will Berkman is a high level competitive power-lifer, a dietitian and a high level powerlifting coach. In episode 28, we recruit Will's love for data, and numbers to discuss the why and how it may, or may not be. A requirement of different lifters at different levels of their training career, to reach any form of notable goal. Weather that be strength, or physique related. Do you need a training program? Hope you learn something, Mac. Follow will on Instagram: @w.berkmanpt2018-11-3052 min
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyAutomating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the PoorVirginia Eubanks joins us for a rousing conversation about her timely and provocative book, Automating Inequality.
In Automating Inequality, Eubanks systematically investigates the impacts of data mining, policy algorithms, and predictive risk models on poor and working-class people in America. The book is full of heart-wrenching and eye-opening stories, from a woman in Indiana whose benefits are literally cut off as she lays dying to a family in Pennsylvania in daily fear of losing their daughter because they fit a certain statistical profile. "This book is downright scary,” says Naomi Klein, “but with its striking research and moving, indelible portraits of li...2018-10-251h 18
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyDetermining Disability: the limits of digital health for recipients, providers, & statesRachel Gershon — Senior Associate at the Center for Health Law and Economics at UMass Medical School — discusses the nature of disability and disability determination; the resulting limitations in data availability; and implications for public policy.
This year, several states applied for and received permission from the federal government to implement work requirements in their Medicaid programs. Policy designs vary by state, but all states build in considerations for people with disabilities. These considerations include exemptions and exceptions from work requirements for individuals unable to work due to a disability.
Due to the nature of disability and the nature of disability dete...2018-10-2352 min
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society"Click Here to Kill Everybody": A Book Talk with Bruce SchneierBruce Schneier, the author of Click Here to Kill Everybody in conversation with Abby Everett Jaques, MIT.
From the description of "Click Here to Kill Everybody":
Computer security is no longer about data; it's about life and property. This change makes an enormous difference, and will shake up our industry in many ways. First, data authentication and integrity will become more important than confidentiality. And second, our largely regulation-free Internet will become a thing of the past. Soon we will no longer have a choice between government regulation and no government regulation. Our choice is between smart government regulation and...2018-09-271h 10Hyperformance Podcast#84- Powerlifters - Alex and Will Berkman (Weakly Weights)Powerlifting athletes and coaches Alex Hayes and Will Berkman join us for episode 84. We sit down and discuss powerlifting techniques, differences between powerlifting federations, travelling to the Ukraine, deadlift cues and much more. Instagram: @hyperformancepodcast Email: oscarbradley3@gmail.com2018-07-021h 24
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyArt that Imitates Art: Computational Creativity and Creative ContractingComputational creativity—a subdomain of artificial intelligence concerned with systems that replicate or assist human creative endeavors—has been the subject of academic inquiry for decades. Now, with recent improvements in machine learning techniques and the rising popularity of all things AI, computational creativity is a medium for critically and commercially successful works of art. From a 2016 Rembrandt to Jukedeck’s instant music (or muzak?), AI-assisted and AI-driven works are a reality. This raises mind-bending questions about the nature of creativity, the relationship between the artist and the viewer, even the existence of free will. For many lawyers, it also raises...2018-05-221h 03
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyGovernance and Regulation in the land of Crypto-Securities (as told by CryptoKitties)Founding members of the CryptoKitties team, Dieter Shirley and Alex Shih, discuss the unique governance, legal, and regulatory challenges of putting cats on the Ethereum blockchain. CryptoKitties is an early pioneer in the space, and, having navigated securities law early on in its release, will share unique insights on classifications. They also discuss some of the more ethical challenges they've been facing, and best practices for approach.
Learn more about this event here:
https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/2018/luncheon/05/CryptoKitties2018-05-101h 09
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyJonas Kaiser on The Dark Side of the Networked Public SphereIn this talk, Berkman Klein affiliate Jonas Kaiser shares some of his research on the networked public sphere. "The right-wing is rising. Not only in the United States but also in Germany and other European countries. And the internet helped," he writes. "Right-wing actors are active all over the internet, adapt to platforms, game the system, blur the lines between off- and online, and create their own virtual spaces. In addition, social media platforms like YouTube contribute involuntarily to the right-wing's reach and, perhaps, influence with their algorithms." In this talk Kaiser will explore these issues and potential ways forward.
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Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyDeep Mediatization: Social Order in the Age of DataficationSocial and communication theorists Nick Couldry and Andreas Hepp draw on their recent book "The Mediated Construction of Reality" (Polity 2016) to explore what happens to the concept and practice of 'social order' in the era of datafication. Today we are living in an era not just of mediatization, but deep mediatization where every element of social process and social life is composed of elements that have already been mediated. This shifts the question of media's 'influence' on the social into a higher-dimensional problem. Datafication is a good example of this, and its tension with classical forms of social phenomenology will...2017-10-2351 min
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyWill Wikipedia exist in 20 years?Katherine Maher, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, joins Harvard Law School professor Yochai Benkler for a conversation about the future of Wikipedia and global crowdsourced knowledge.
Find out more about this event here:
https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/2017/luncheon/10/Maher2017-10-191h 07
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyCan We Talk?: An Open Forum on Disability, Technology, and InclusionCan we talk? The question (a favorite prompt of the late comedian Joan Rivers) evokes a feeling of being intimately and sometimes uncomfortably open, frank, and honest, both with others and ourselves. This event, a conversation between Prof. Elizabeth Ellcessor (Indiana University) and Prof. Meryl Alper (Northeastern University, Berkman Klein Center), points the question at the topic of disability, technology, and inclusion in public and private, and in digital and digitally-mediated spaces. Ryan Budish (Berkman Klein Center) and Dylan Mulvin (Microsoft Research) will serve as discussants.
Can we talk?, with respect to different degrees of potential access (in its social, cu...2017-06-061h 08
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyDigital Rights and Online Harassment in the Global SouthNighat Dad discusses the state of freedom of expression, privacy, and online harassment in the global south, with a particular focus on Pakistan, where she is based. Dad is the Executive Director of the Digital Rights Foundation (DRF), a nonprofit that seeks to protect the freedom and security of all people online, with a particular focus on women and human rights defenders.
In late 2016, DRF launched a cyber harassment hotline, and Dad will present key findings from a recently released report [LINK: http://digitalrightsfoundation.pk/cyber-harassment-helpline-completes-its-four-months-of-operations/] on the first four months of its operation. The report affords up-to-the-moment insights on...2017-05-0356 min
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyInternet Access as a Basic Service: Inspiration from our Canadian NeighborsDeemed the modern equivalent of building roads or railways, connecting every person and business to high-speed internet is on the minds of policymakers, advocates, and industry players. Under the leadership of Mr. Jean-Pierre Blais, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (“CRTC”) ruled in December 2016 that broadband internet access is a basic and vital service, thus ensuring that broadband internet joins the ranks of local phone service. The CRTC’s announced reforms will impact over 2 million Canadian households, especially those in remote and isolated areas. The policy aims to ensure that internet download speeds of 50mbps and upload speeds of 10mbps are av...2017-05-031h 03
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyTechnology, Disruption, and the Practice of Law: Will the Profession Survive?The law is arguably the least innovative profession in the country. Huge sectors of the economy -- health care, banking, the arts -- face constant churn and upheaval. Law schools steadily march along with a 150-year old approach to legal education, a 50-year old approach to law firm structure, and a stubborn fealty to the billable hour. Huge portions of American society are served badly by the legal profession while the legal establishment does precious little to address the problem. Technology has systematically brought great change to almost every profession - even taxi driving - so the question is when...2017-04-271h 13
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyHyperloop Law: Autonomy, Infrastructure, and Transportation StartupsIn 2013, Elon Musk proposed an "open source transportation concept" of levitating vehicles zooming passengers through vacuum tubes at 760 miles an hour. It would be weatherproof, energy-efficient, relatively inexpensive, have autonomous controls.Its impact on urban and inter-city transport could reshape economies and families.
Since Musk's proposal, a company in Los Angeles, Hyperloop One, has secured 160 million in financing, hired 220 employees, and began engineering and testing to make the hyperloop concept a reality. But engineers aren't the company's only inventors. A hyperloop transport system is so different from an airplane, train, or bus that a new legal regime is necessary. Lawyers...2017-04-2455 min
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyFive Global Challenges and the Role of UniversityThe world is facing five global challenges: democratic, environmental, technological, economical, and geopolitical. Challenges that will require both enormous amount of knowledge and citizens capable of using such knowledge in scenarios that today are hard to predict. The University is clearly the main institution that could help society on both counts. However, if University truly wants to maximize its social utility, it needs--as argued by De Martin in his book 'Università Futura' (Codice Edizioni, Italy, 2017)--to critically question the last 30 years of its development and re-discover its roots, updating them for the 21st century.
For more about this event, visit:
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Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyAre We Shifting to a New Post-Capitalist Value Regime?Every 500 years or so, European civilization and now world civilization, has been rocked by fundamental shifts in its value regime, in which the rules of the game for acquiring wealth and livelihoods have dramatically changed. Following Benkler's seminal Wealth of Networks, which first identifies peer production, the P2P Foundation has collated a vast amount of empirical evidence of newly emerging value practices, which exist in a uneasy relationship with the dominant political economy, and of which some authors claim, like Jeremy Rifkin and Paul Mason, that it augurs a fundamental shift. What would be the conditions for this new...2017-04-221h 12
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyUnder-connected in America: How Lower-Income Families Respond to Digital Equity ChallengesWhile 94% of parents raising school-age children below the U.S. median household income have an Internet connection, more than half are “under-connected,” in that their Internet connection is too slow, has been interrupted in the past year due to non-payment, and/or they share their Internet-connected devices with too many people. Katz will discuss how being under-connected impacts the everyday lives of lower-income parents and children, how parents assess the risks and rewards that connectivity can offer their children, and the implications of under-connectedness for policy development and program reform. She draws from two linked datasets of lower-income parents with scho...2017-04-221h 08
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyFinding common standards for the Right to be Forgotten: Challenges and PerspectiveFollowing the 2014 Google Spain decision rendered by the European Court of Justice of the European Union, search engines – and, first among them, Google – are tasked with the delisting of search results leading to outdated or inaccurate information about European citizens. This ‘right to be delisted’ has since then revealed itself as a highly controversial concept, raising issues such as the desired degree of protection of personal data over the Internet and the role of the act of forgetting in the digital age; it also highlighted the lack of an existing consensus over these questions between individual jurisdictions – and namely between the Europe...2017-04-1950 min
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyWhy the Right Digital Decisions Will Make America StrongThe U.S. still lags behind much of the developed world in terms of the speed and density of its internet infrastructure. In the 21st Century this disparity in access to high speed internet could stand as a critical challenge to competitiveness in many areas, from industry and commerce, to healthcare and education, to civic life and culture.
In this conversation, Susan Crawford discusses the potential futures we face as we consider how to invest in the wires that bring us our internet.
For more information about this event, visit:
https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/luncheons/2016/04/Crawford2017-04-1959 min
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyJoi Ito and Iyad Rahwan on AI & SocietyAI technologies have the potential to vastly enhance the performance of many systems and institutions, from making transportation safer, to enhancing the accuracy of medical diagnosis, to improving the efficiency of food safety inspections. However, AI systems can also create moral hazards, by potentially diminishing human accountability, perpetuating biases that are inherent to the AI's training data, or optimizing for one performance measure at the expense of others. These challenges require new kinds of "user interfaces" between machines and society. We will explore these issues, and how they would interface with existing institutions.
About Joi Ito
Joi Ito is the...2017-04-131h 09
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyThe North American Information Technology Marketplace: Three Decades of IT Channel EvolutionAlan Weinberger started out as a traditional law student. Soon after, he found himself on Wall Street with a major Wall Street law firm. He then took an academic route as the founding Professor at Vermont Law School (at the same time Bernie was just a carpenter). And, in the early 1980s, he saw that the revolution for the next hundred years was taking place right before our eyes. Mr. Weinberger had the simple idea to create a community (a digital nation) of like-minded professionals for mutual gain, marketplace leverage, and collaborative group learning. He also saw that the lynchpin...2017-04-1244 min
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyReconceptualizing the Right to Be Forgotten to Enable Transatlantic Data FlowBased on the authors’ recent Harvard Journal of Law and Technology article, Reconceptualizing the Right to be Forgotten to Enable Transatlantic Data Flow, Sanna Kulevska and Michael Rustad will lay out the legal dilemmas that flow from the European Union’s far-reaching right to be forgotten (RTBF). Google Spain v. AEPD (May 2014) and Article 17 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will go into effect in 2018, are already driving a significant legal, economic and cultural wedge between the U.S. and its EU trading partners. In October 2015, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) struck down the U.S./EU Safe...2017-04-121h 11
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyCopyright Law Year in ReviewWhat ties together cheerleader outfits, monkey selfies, the Batmobile, a chicken sandwich, Yoga, and Yoda? Professor Peter Menell will provide an exhilarating copyright year in review.
For more about this event, visit:
https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/luncheons/2016/04/Menell2017-04-121h 11
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyThe Big Reverse of the Web: Are Our Policies and Standards Ready?We're on the cusp of the next wave of the web, where information will come to people, versus people seeking it out. This "big reverse" of the web poses all sorts of issues: ranging from policy, to personal privacy, to standardization across devices. The creator of Drupal and co-founder and CTO of Acquia Dries Buytaert discusses what it will take to navigate a web that doesn't look or feel anything like what we know today.
For more about this event, visit:
https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/luncheons/2016/03/Buytaert2017-04-111h 10