Rationally Speaking #167 - Samuel Arbesman on "Why technology is becoming too complex"

As the technology we rely on every day becomes increasingly sophisticated, it's getting to the point where it's too complicated to understand -- not just for individual users, but for any human at all. In this episode, Julia talks with complexity scientist Samuel Arbesman, about his new book Overcomplicated: Technology at the Limits of Comprehension, why these unprecedented levels of complexity might be dangerous, and what we should do about it. Sped up the speakers by ['1.18', '1.0']

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Rationally Speaking #167 - Samuel Arbesman on "Why technology is becoming too complex" is an episode from Sped up Rationally Speaking by rs_speedup.

This episode is 00:48:25 long.

This episode was published on Jan 3, 2021.

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