Rationally Speaking #167 - Samuel Arbesman on "Why technology is becoming too complex" - a podcast by New York City Skeptics

from 2016-09-04T17:00

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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.

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