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The Tech Show for Technophobes

Egg freezing, IVF, Femtech: an interview with Ovally founder and CEO Kathy Gerlach

Info about Ovally

• Ovally's Website: Ovally.com
• More about Kathy
• Forbes Magazine: Ovally Turns Egg Freezing Into A Cheaper, More Relaxed Experience With A Trip To Spain

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• Taylor: @TayVanPodMan
• Tom: @TomMarshTech
• Six: @TechnophobiaSix
• Battery Guy Si: @BatteryGuySi
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INDEPENDENCE DAY, INTIMACY, A DOG NAMED SATAN: Taylor and Six have some fun with the 1996 Will Smith/Jeff Goldblum classic. Then... well, shit gets real.

Independence Day (1996) - IMDb

Independence Day (1996) - Wikipedia

Robo-fish powered by battery 'blood'

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• Tom: @TomMarshTech
• Six: @TechnophobiaSix
• Battery Guy Si: @BatteryGuySi
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The Dark Web, Part 2: Smart Homes, Domestic Abuse, The Final Black Mirror

Dark Web Discussion

• Thermostats, Locks and Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse - New York Times
• How Smart Home Systems & Tech Have Created A New Form Of Abuse - Refinery 29
• Domestic Abusers Are Exploiting Smart Home Devices - HuffPost
• How to Keep Your Smart-Home Technology Secure From Domestic Abusers - The Wirecutter
• Researchers put together a resource list for victims of smart home-aided domestic abuse - The Verge
• Going Dark: The Internet Behind The Internet - NPR All Things Considered
• How will IoT impact on gender-based domestic violence and abuse and what socio-technical measures will need to be implemented in order to mitigate against those risks? - University College London Research Project

• Black Mirror S05E03- Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too (Wikipedia)
• Black Mirror S05E03- Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too (IMDb)
• Black Mirror - Wikipedia
• List of Black Mirror Episodes - Wikipedia

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• Tom: @TomMarshTech
• Six: @TechnophobiaSix
• Battery Guy Si: @BatteryGuySi
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The Dark Web, Part 1: Silk Road, Red Rooms, Smithereen.

Dark Web Discussion

• Ross Ulbricht, Creator of Silk Road Website, Is Sentenced to Life in Prison
• The Family That Built an Empire of Pain - The New Yorker
• Alex Winter's Ted Talk: The Dark Net isn't what you think. It's actually key to our privacy
• The Dark Web Isn't All That Dark - Kaveh Waddell - The Atlantic
• Evite e-invite website admits security breach
• Dark Web Drug Sellers Dodge Police Crackdowns

• Black Mirror S05E02 - Smithereens (Wikipedia)
• Black Mirror S05E02 - Smithereens (IMDb)
• Black Mirror - Wikipedia
• List of Black Mirror Episodes - Wikipedia

• Show Twitter: @technophobiapod
• Taylor: @TayVanPodMan
• Tom: @TomMarshTech
• Six: @TechnophobiaSix
• Battery Guy Si: @BatteryGuySi
• E-mail us: [email protected]

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The Government Investigates Big Tech and Black Mirror Investigates VR Love.

Federal investigations into big tech. Black mirror: Striking Vipers. An endless roll of toilet paper. Serious topics - serious analysis.

• The People Screaming for Blood Have No Idea How Tech Actually Works
• Charmin's 'Forever' toilet paper rolls are gigantic and last a month

• Black Mirror S05E01 - Striking Vipers (Wikipedia)
• Black Mirror S05E01 - Striking Vipers (IMDb)
• Black Mirror - Wikipedia
• List of Black Mirror Episodes - Wikipedia

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• Taylor: @TayVanPodMan
• Tom: @TomMarshTech
• Six: @TechnophobiaSix
• Battery Guy Si: @BatteryGuySi
• E-mail us: [email protected]

Don't be dumb. There's nothing to be afraid of.

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Cyber Hacking, Black Mirror Season 5 Preview... and UFOs (why not)

Taylor and Si freak out over the NYTimes report on stolen cyber weapons, then rank their top three and bottom three Black Mirror episodes of all-time.

• 'Wow, What Is That?' Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects
• In Baltimore and Beyond, a Stolen N.S.A. Tool Wreaks Havoc

• Black Mirror - IMDb
• Black Mirror - Wikipedia
• List of Black Mirror Episodes - Wikipedia

--Taylor's Picks--

• Bottom:
  • The Waldo Moment
  • Fifteen Million Merits
  • Hated in the Nation
• Top:
  • The National Anthem
  • USS Calister
  • Bandersnatch

--Battery Guy Si's Picks--

• Bottom:
  • Entire History of You
  • Playtest
  • Crocodile

• Top:
  • National Anthem
  • San Junipero
  • Be Right Back

--Sound Guy Jesse's Stragglers (Episodes That Bear Mentioning)--

• Bottom:
  • Men Against Fire
  • Arkangel
• Top:
  • Hang The DJ

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Master of Mind Control: an Interview with Boundless Mind's Matt Mayberry. Plus, we discuss San Francisco's ban on Facial Recognition Tech

In which we interview Matt Mayberry, COO of Boundless Mind.

• San Francisco Bans Facial Recognition

• boundless.ai@boundlessai for all social channels
• boundless.ai/ebook
• youjustneedspace.com
• crystalmirror.ai
• mattmayberry.com@mattmayberry for social

• Olds and Milner discovering positive reinforcement: Positive reinforcement produced by electrical stimulation of septal area and other regions of rat brain.
• Skinner Complete collection: https://www.bfskinner.org/publications/full-bibliography/

• The Island by Huxley
• Hooked by Nir Eyal - A great look into why technology product are addicting. We served as scientific editors on this book
• Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg - How and why we can or cannot form habits
• Predictably Irrational by Dan Airely - Behavioral design in the wild
• Nudge by Richard Thaler - How decisions are made and the architecture behind them
• Start With Why by Simon Sinek - How leaders can inspire positive action
• Drive by Daniel Pink - The science behind motivation
• Thinking Fast And Slow by Daniel Kahneman
• Influence by Robert Cialdini
• Designing for Behavior Change by Stephen Wendel
• Persuasive Technology: Using Computers to Change What We Think and Do by B.J. Fogg

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• Six: @TechnophobiaSix
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The AI INVASION: have we already lost? plus, MACHINES LIKE ME by Ian McEwan LIVE FROM PHILLY!

Our first live show! Recorded May 14th, 2019 at The Head & The Hand Books at 2644 Coral Street, Philadelphia, PA

We look at overlooked recent headlines, plus decide if we'd prefer Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg as our new BFF. And: our first tech horror story from a listener!

We are having our first LIVE SHOW in PHILADELPHIA, PA.

DATE: This coming Tuesday, May 14, at 6pm.

LOCATION: The Bookstore at the Head and the Hand,

ADDRESS: 2644 Coral Street Philadelphia, PA

Come on out, Technophobians!