PopTech: Anab Jain
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Anab Jain. Anab talks about design in a future world of insect cyborgs, mass surveillance, DNA monetization and guerilla infrastructure. ‘This sort of speculative work explores […]
PopTech: Emily Jacobi
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Emily Jacobi. Emily describes how her group, Digital Democracy, is using technology to improve local social and environmental projects, like assisting local efforts to document oil […]
PopTech: Fiery Cushman
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Fiery Cushman. Fiery discusses his experiments designed to understand ethical behavior, such as what prevents humans from harming one another. ‘Part of our aversion to harm […]
PopTech: Donnel Baird
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Donnel Baird. Donnel explains his online platform that connects investors concerned about climate change with inner city solar and energy efficiency projects. ‘We create jobs, energy […]
PopTech: Dan Schulman
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Dan Schulman. Dan explains how technology can help bring in 2.5 billion people from the margins of the world’s financial systems. ‘Digital wallets are really morphing […]
PopTech: David Robertson
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents David Robertson. David uses LEGO’s tumultuous business history to describe the delicate balance between creativity and constraints. ‘By putting focus and direction around innovation, that is […]
PopTech: Ellen Langer
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Ellen Langer. Harvard psychology professor Ellen Langer discusses the surprising power of being present during everyday activities. ‘We have many, many studies that suggest that the […]
PopTech: Erik Hersman
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Erik Hersman. Erik shows off the BRCK, a way to connect to the Internet that is physically robust, able to connect to multiple networks, a hub […]
PopTech: Eric Klinenberg
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Eric Klinenberg. Sociologist Eric Klinenberg discusses how a dramatic increase in living single is the biggest unnamed modern social trend and he deconstructs old myths about […]
PopTech: Helen Marriage
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Helen Marriage. Helen Marriage shows how to create breathtaking, city-wide art installations in places like downtown London. ‘These life-changing moments, the joy that you see on […]