Yet again, humankind is faced with profound societal changes, this time the digital age. What will it lead to – utopia or dystopia? In this episode the Dutch digi-expert Tesse Veelo gives an insider view of what's going on and what the challenges are. We take a look at machine learning and the need for an IA supervising authority. In short, his message is that the digital age is still work-in-progress. Your host is Vivan Storlund.
Music: Adventures – Crastel

In this episode, we'll continue the discussions about work, this time in the form of a roundtable discussion about a transformed working life and civil society. This discussion was part of a conference launching the pamphlet Basic Income – Cornerstone of the Nordic Welfare State held in Helsinki, Finland in November 2021.
Around the digital table sat artist Narcy Calamatta from Malta, anthropologist Martin Schoenhals from the US and sociologist Gummi (Gudmundur) Oddsson from Iceland together with Gerdur Palmadottir from Iceland, who has a contribution about civil society in the pamphlet and me, Vivan Storlund from Finland and the Netherlands with a contribution about a transformed working life.

There are many things we need to rethink in the transition from an industrial society to a digital one. Work is one of them. We need the kind of discussions that the American anthropologist Martin Schoenhals, http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n93001364/ and the British economist Geoff Crocker, https://www.ubi.org/82/The-Case-for-Basic-Income offer in this episode. Your host is Vivan Storlund, https://www.vivanstorlund.com
Music: Adventures - Crastel

We face great challenges today, both old and new. We've got wars and toxic nationalism as well as questions about how to navigate in the new conditions that the digital age has brought along. Could we use utopia as a compass?
Meet the American anthropologist Martin Schoenhals, http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n93001364/ and the Finnish sociologist Mikko Lagerspetz, https://research.abo.fi/en/persons/mikko-lagerspetz/publications/
together with me, your host, Vivan Storlund, https://www.vivanstorlund.com
Music: Adventures - Crastel

The purpose of this podcast is to EXPLORE and REFLECT on the deep societal transitions we're in the midst of. With the help of creative thinkers, I want to take a closer look at and seek new approaches to things that surround us.