Human Centered
87 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★ - 9 ratingsConversations about projects and research undertaken by scholars & affiliates of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University; interviews with renowned fellows from CASBS history; and audio versions of some CASBS live events.
CASBS is a scholarly community like no other for collaborative, cross-disciplinary, generative research. It brings together deep thinkers to address wicked problems and significant societal challenges. It empowers them to challenge boundaries and assumptions in order to advance our understanding of the full range of human beliefs, behaviors, interactions, and institutions. As a leading incubator of human-centered knowledge, CASBS is a place that is, well…human centered.
Producer: Mike Gaetani | Engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel
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Episodes
Freedom To Oppress
May 28, 2020 18:15 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBJefferson Cowie Jefferson’s recent New York Times Piece “The ‘Hard Hat Riot’ Was a Preview of Today’s Political Divisions” The illuminating CASBS symposium “_Contesting the Nation_”, with Jefferson Cowie, Kathleen Belew, and Catherine Ramírez Richard Rorty, CASBS fellow 1982-83 “Achieving Our Country” Donald F. Kettl’s “The Divided States of America: Why Federalism Doesn’t Work” Arlie Russell Hochschild’s “Stranger in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right” T...
Repairing Political Redistricting - Wendy K. Tam Cho
April 23, 2020 15:56 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBWendy K. Tam Cho's homepage Familiarize yourself with Optimization Problems "How to Quantify (and Fight) Gerrymandering” - Quanta Magazine “Toward a Talismanic Redistricting Tool: A Computational Method for Identifying Extreme Redistricting Plans” - Wendy K. Tam Cho and Yan Y. Liu Wendy’s reading recommendation “Deep Thinking” by Gary Kasparov" Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University Explore CASBS: website|Twitter|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcast|lat...
From Big Data to Big Variables - Susan Holmes
April 01, 2020 03:15 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBSusan Holmes' Stanford Page Susan Holmes on Twitter Claude Shannon, former CASBS fellow, and the "father of information theory" CASBS CASBS on Twitter Shout out to Barbie Mayock, CASBS dining program coordinator, for reading this episode's opening line!! Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University Explore CASBS: website|Twitter|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcast|latest newsletter|signup|outreach Human Centered Producer: Mike Gaetani | Engineer & co-prod...
The Complexity Economist - W. Brian Arthur
March 05, 2020 16:07 - 40 minutes - 37 MBW. Brian Arthur’s homepage at the Santa Fe Institute “Where is technology taking the economy? ” - W. Brian Arthur. McKinsey Oct. 2017 “Complexity and the Economy” W. Brian Arthur. Oxford University Press, 2014 Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences CASBS on Twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University Explore CASBS: website|Twitter|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcast|latest newsletter|signup|outreach Human Centered Producer: Mike Gaet...
The AI Ethics Landscape - Sherry Wong
February 19, 2020 20:56 - 32 minutes - 30 MBSherry Wong Fluxus Landscape Icarus Salon CASBS AI Ethics & Governance Map Launches Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University Explore CASBS: website|Twitter|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcast|latest newsletter|signup|outreach Human Centered Producer: Mike Gaetani | Engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |
Putting Peer Pressure to Work - Robert Frank
February 05, 2020 23:07 - 31 minutes - 29 MBRobert Frank on Twitter His new book “Under the Influence: Putting Peer Pressure to Work” His choice of influential book is Nobel Prize winner Thomas Schelling’s “Micromotives and Macrobehavior” Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University Explore CASBS: website|Twitter|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcast|latest newsletter|signup|outreach Human Centered Producer: Mike Gaetani | ...
Foreclosing on America - Noelle Stout
January 08, 2020 17:57 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBNoelle Stout Noelle’s book, “Dispossessed: How Predatory Bureaucracy Foreclosed on the American Middle Class” “Life By Algorithms” by Catherine Besteman and Hugh Gusterson Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University Explore CASBS: website|Twitter|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcast|latest newsletter|signup|outreach Human Centered Producer: Mike Gaetani | Engineer & co-producer:...
Sexual Violence & Institutional Courage - Jennifer Freyd
December 04, 2019 17:31 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBJennifer Freyd Institutional Betrayal Research Homepage Learn about DARVO Watch the CASBS Symposium: “Betrayal and Courage in the Age of #MeToo” Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University Explore CASBS: website|Twitter|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcast|latest newsletter|signup|outreach Human Centered Producer: Mike Gaetani | Engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |
Homo economicus: An Endangered Species? Dan Kelly
November 14, 2019 03:40 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBDan Kelly's Purdue homepage Dan Kelly's book “Yuck! The Nature and Moral Significance of Disgust” Two fascinating papers coauthored by Dan: “Minding the Gap: Bias, Soft Structures, and the Double Life of Social Norms” “Who’s Responsible for This? Moral Responsibility, Externalism, and Knowledge about Implicit Bias” CASBS’s project on Creating a New Moral Political Economy Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the B...
An Organized Labor Revival? Steven Greenhouse
November 01, 2019 00:25 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBSteven Greenhouse on Twitter Steven’s recent book “Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor” The CASBS project on Creating a New Moral Political Economy Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University Explore CASBS: website|Twitter|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcast|latest newsletter|signup|outreach Human Centered Producer: Mike Gaetani | Engineer & ...
Cara Wong
October 22, 2019 21:48 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBCara's Website Her 2018 paper "Maps in People’s Heads: Assessing a New Measure of Context" And her 2010 book "Boundaries of Obligation in American Politics" - Cambridge University Press V. O. Key Jr.'s "Southern Politics In State and Nation" - University of Tennessee Press
The Boundaries in Our Heads - Cara Wong
October 22, 2019 21:48 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBCara Wong's Website Cara Wong's 2018 paper "Maps in People’s Heads: Assessing a New Measure of Context" And her 2010 book "Boundaries of Obligation in American Politics" - Cambridge University Press V. O. Key Jr.'s "Southern Politics In State and Nation" - University of Tennessee Press Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University Explore CASBS: website|Twitter|YouTube|...
Tech Innovation Needs Social Science - Arati Prabhakar
October 10, 2019 20:42 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBArati Prabhakar National Institute of Standards and Technology Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University Explore CASBS: website|Twitter|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcast|latest newsletter|signup|outreach Human Centered Producer: Mike Gaetani | Engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |
Arati Prabhakar
October 10, 2019 20:42 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBArati Prabhakar National Institute of Standards and Technology Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Policy Tools to Fight Community Poverty & Inequality - Kirsten Wysen
September 17, 2019 23:42 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBKing County's Communities of Opportunity program Kirsten's article "The almighty credit score: It tracks the past, predicts the future, and maintains existing hierarchies" San Francisco's Mission Asset Fund Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's report on payday loans Betrayal Trauma Theory (a concept pioneered by 1989-90 & 2018-19 CASBS fellow Jennifer Freyd) Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sci...
Kirsten Wysen
September 17, 2019 23:42 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBKing County's Communities of Opportunity program Kirsten's article "The almighty credit score: It tracks the past, predicts the future, and maintains existing hierarchies" San Francisco's Mission Asset Fund Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's report on payday loans Betrayal Trauma Theory (a concept pioneered by 1990 & 2019 CASBS Fellow Jennifer Freyd)
Social Science and Saving Democracy from the Internet - Nate Persily
September 03, 2019 23:02 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBNate Persily’s homepage with links to publications and key works Nate Persily on Twitter Social Science One builds industry-academic partnerships to advance the goals of social science in understanding and solving society's greatest challenges. CASBS Symposium: The Consequences of Technological Developments for Politics and Government Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford U...
Nate Persily
September 03, 2019 23:02 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBNate’s homepage with links to publications and key works Nate's Twitter Social Science one building industry-academic partnerships to advance the goals of social science in understanding and solving society's greatest challenges. Nate's CASBS Symposium: The Consequences of Technological Developments for Politics and Government
Digital Media, Platforms, and Governance - Mike Ananny
August 20, 2019 05:33 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBMike Ananny Mike Ananny's recent book "Networked Press Freedom: Creating Infrastructures for a Public Right to Hear" - MIT Press Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act - Wikipedia Overview of the study of media effects - Wikipedia CASBS symposium: Digital Media, the Public Sphere, and Democratic Governance Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University Explore CA...
Mike Ananny
August 20, 2019 05:33 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBMike Ananny Mike's recent book "Networked Press Freedom: Creating Infrastructures for a Public Right to Hear" - MIT Press Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act - Wikipedia Overview of the study of media effects - Wikipedia
Black America & Art: Sociology, Diversity, & Identity - Patricia Banks
August 06, 2019 00:18 - 36 minutes - 33 MBPatricia Banks' website Patricia Banks' latest book, "Diversity and Philanthropy at African American Museums" Patricia's previous book, "Represent: Art and Identity among the Black Upper-Middle Class" Patricia's piece on "Collecting African American Art: From the Harlem Renaissance to the Obama Era" - Blackpast.org Pierre Bourdieu's influential book "Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste" Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter ...
Patricia Banks
August 06, 2019 00:18 - 36 minutes - 33 MBPatricia's website Her latest book "Diversity and Philanthropy at African American Museums" - Routledge Her previous book "Represent: Art and Identity among the Black Upper-Middle Class" - Routledge Her piece on "Collecting African American Art: From the Harlem Renaissance to the Obama Era" - Blackpast.org Pierre Bourdieu's influential book "Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste" - Harvard University Press
Social Movements in Contentious Times - Kim Williams
July 22, 2019 17:19 - 29 minutes - 27.5 MBKim Williams Kim's book "Mark One Or More: Civil Rights in Multiracial America" tells the story of the struggle to include a multiracial category on the U.S. census. States Parties and Social Movements Cambridge University Press Black Lives Matter Dynamics of Contention Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University Explore CASBS: website|Twitter|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcas...
Kim Williams
July 22, 2019 17:19 - 29 minutes - 27.5 MBKim Williams Kim's book "Mark One Or More: Civil Rights in Multiracial America" tells the story of the struggle to include a multiracial category on the U.S. census. States Parties and Social Movements Cambridge University Press Black Lives Matter Dynamics of Contention
Adrienne Mayor
June 07, 2019 19:04 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBAdrienne Mayor "Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology" Adrienne’s piece on the ancient roots of the uncanny valley - Time Antikythera mechansim Talos HAL 9000 from "2001: A Space Odyssey"
New is Old: Robots & Tech in Antiquity - Adrienne Mayor
June 07, 2019 19:04 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBAdrienne Mayor "Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology" Adrienne Mayor’s piece on the ancient roots of the uncanny valley - Time Antikythera mechansim Talos HAL 9000 from "2001: A Space Odyssey" Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University Explore CASBS: website|Twitter|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcast|latest newsletter|signup|outreach Human Cen...
Death and Chimp Behavior - Elizabeth Lonsdorf
May 07, 2019 20:55 - 27 minutes - 31.4 MBElizabeth Lonsdorf's site Elizabeth Lonsdorf at National Geographic Jane Goodall Institute's Gombe Stream Research Center International Primatological Society "Chimps Know Dead When They See It" Discover Magazine "Chimps Filmed Grieving for Dead Friend" BBC "Chimps Mourn Nine-Year-Old's Death?" National Geographic Video Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University E...
Elizabeth Lonsdorf
May 07, 2019 20:55 - 27 minutes - 31.4 MBElizabeth's site Elizabeth Lonsdorf at National Geographic Jane Goodall Institute's Gombe Stream Research Center International Primatological Society "Chimps Know Dead When They See It" Discover Magazine "Chimps Filmed Grieving for Dead Friend" BBC "Chimps Mourn Nine-Year-Old's Death?" National Geographic Video
Embracing Tech While Saving Democracy from It - Toomas Hendrik Ilves
March 30, 2019 22:02 - 34 minutesMovement for obfuscating the Electoral College in the US First-past-the-post electoral systems and a glossary of alternative electoral systems Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab Open source investigative platform Bellingcat Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity Alliance for Securing Democracy, Hamilton 68 “The Two Cultures” C. P. Snow “Estonia, The Digital Republic” The New Yorker Stuart Russell on algorithms from “John Brockman: Possible Minds” The Long Now Fo...
Enbracing Tech While Saving Democracy from It - Toomas Hendrik Ilves
March 30, 2019 22:02 - 34 minutesMovement for obfuscating the Electoral College in the US First-past-the-post electoral systems and a glossary of alternative electoral systems Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab Open source investigative platform Bellingcat Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity Alliance for Securing Democracy, Hamilton 68 “The Two Cultures” C. P. Snow “Estonia, The Digital Republic” The New Yorker Stuart Russell on algorithms from “John Brockman: Possible Minds” The...
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
March 30, 2019 22:02 - 34 minutesMovement for obfuscating the Electoral College in the US First-past-the-post electoral systems and a glossary of alternative electoral systems Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab Open source investigative platform Bellingcat Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity Alliance for Securing Democracy, Hamilton 68 “The Two Cultures” C. P. Snow “Estonia, The Digital Republic” The New Yorker Stuart Russell on algorithms from “John Brockman: Possible Minds” The...
Labor & Work in the Era of AI & Automation - Jerry Jacobs
March 30, 2019 22:02 - 37 minutes - 42.6 MBJerry Jacobs at U Penn The much discussed paper on automation and the workforce by Frey and Osborne "Will the Robots Take Care of Grandma?" Jerry Jacobs "Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren" John Maynard Keynes, 1930 "Smarter Than You Think" A series examining advances in AI and impacts on society (including pieces by host John Markoff) Explore Bureau of Labor Statistics data yourself Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for A...
Jerry Jacobs
March 30, 2019 22:02 - 37 minutes - 42.6 MBJerry Jacobs at U Penn The much discussed paper on automation and the workforce by Frey and Osborne "Will the Robots Take Care of Grandma?" Jerry Jacobs "Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren" John Maynard Keynes, 1930 "Smarter Than You Think" A series examining advances in AI and impacts on society (including pieces by host John Markoff) Explore Bureau of Labor Statistics data yourself
Tech and the Evolution of Silicon Valley - Jacob Ward
March 30, 2019 22:02 - 30 minutes - 35.3 MBJacob Ward Techno Utopianism Partnership On AI National Academies Report on Sexual Harassment of Women "Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace" John Perry Barlow New Moral Political Economy Project Federal Reserve report on economic well-being of U.S. Households Kahneman and Tversky’s (both former CASBS fellows) classic paper on Judgement and decision-making Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral ...
Jacob Ward
March 30, 2019 22:02 - 30 minutes - 35.3 MBJacob Ward Techno Utopianism Partnership On AI National Academies Report on Sexual Harassment of Women "Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace" John Perry Barlow New Moral Political Economy Project Federal Reserve report on economic well-being of U.S. Households Kahneman and Tversky’s (both former CASBS fellows) classic paper on Judgement and decision-making
Creating a New Moral Political Economy - Margaret Levi
March 30, 2019 22:01 - 17 minutes - 19.5 MBMargaret Levi Follow Margaret on Twitter Moral Political Economy Project ‘Free to Choose’ Milton and Rose Friedman Montpelerin Society ‘Bowling Alone’ Robert D. Putnam Port Huron Statement Triple Revolution Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences @casbsstanford on twitter Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University Explore CASBS: website|Twitter|YouTube|LinkedIn|podcast|latest newsletter|signup|outreach Human Centered Producer:...
Margaret Levi
March 30, 2019 22:01 - 17 minutes - 19.5 MBMargaret Levi Follow Margaret on Twitter Moral Political Economy Project ‘Free to Choose’ Milton and Rose Friedman Montpelerin Society ‘Bowling Alone’ Robert D. Putnam Port Huron Statement Triple Revolution