For over two decades, essayist and social critic Sven Birkerts has cast his unique eye on the way digital technology is altering the formation of social spheres, self-identity, and meaning. His latest book, Changing the Subject: Art and Attention in the Internet Age, is a personal and poetic examination of these themes that acts as a welcome balance to data-driven analyses. He speaks with publisher Mo Lotman about the book and his long interest in the subject.

Internet security expert, privacy advocate, and author Bruce Schneier speaks with the Technoskeptic about the public-private surveillance partnership that monitors everything we do, and what needs to happen in order to restore our privacy.

Computer Scientist Lee Spector sits down with The Technoskeptic for a wide-ranging discussion about artificial intelligence, the dangers and benefits of machine learning, and what it means to be human.