Tech in the 413

Technology gives us tools to develop multiple perspectives, and they make us better equipped to solve complex problems.

We currently have unprecedented collaboration capabilities. Can we use them to save ourselves?

For a rural area, the Berkshires enjoys a high degree of election security thanks to the use of voter tech.

The internet turned out to not to be as positive a place as I had anticipated, but there are still ways to use it to triangulate the truth.

Small-town climate tech will need to be different from that of the big cities.

People often think that Climate Tech refers only to the search for alternatives to fossil fuels, but there is much more to consider.

We are told a lot of attention-grabbing stories about tech, especially AI. Try to qualify what you hear.

The combination of AI, our health care network and smart watches will revolutionize the future of health care in rural areas like the Berkshires.

AI’s impact on planes, trains and ships.

AI’s impact on transportation affects our personal lives even when no motor vehicle is involved.

AI’s impact on transportation is rippling through every part of our economy and society.

Our communication superpowers are about to become even more impressive. It is time to develop personal communication hygiene habits, just like you developed backup plans for your computers and devices.

The ease with which we can append, expand, and make more complex our communication often results in overcommunicating. Beware of a mismatch with your audience.

By permitting us to transcend the globe instantly, Relationship Technology now impacts our lives more than any other software category.

Relationship Technology, which permits us to transcend the globe instantly, now impacts our lives more than any other technology. Our relationships and beliefs are no longer governed by geographic proximity and slow, rational, logical decision-making. Communication speed has outstripped our ability to think, leaving us to process much of the incoming flood unconsciously and emotionally.

Many creative people are nervous about technology's impact. David Pogue, one of America's favorite explainers of disruptive technology, will be at the Tanglewood Learning Institute August 17 to talk about Artificial Intelligence and the future of music.