Vip Sitaraman

The rise of mobile-web and social media ushered in an era of content creation like never before, putting the power of creatorship at the literal fingertips of almost every digital citizen. Yet just as quickly, for the first time, technology is encroaching from the realm of efficiency, into that of creativity. Take, for instance, news publising: robot writers & algorithmically-curated newsfeeds have automated the entire process from ideation to distribution. While automation's implications for the economy & job markets are well-explored, the ethical dilemma & broader consequences of removing the human element to creativity are often overlooked. Today, it's in the hands of technologists & engineers to guide the future of creative fields https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPN8vWFn6gM

As the Internet evolved into a tug-of-war for market share of attention, humans have adapted. The human attention span is now less than that of a goldfish: dropping from 12 seconds at the dawn of the new millennium, to just 8 seconds in 2016. That comes as no surprise; we take in 34 gigabytes of information, outside of work, every day. Sorting through clickbait and ads has worn out human patience, producing a generation of word skimmers and information winnowers. To adapt to evolving behavior, big media annually invests over $4.1 billion to develop novel approaches to capture readers’ attention...

Scientific discoveries are all around us and govern many of the decisions that we make in our everyday lives. What if you found out that many of these so-called discoveries are not actually true? Much of the general public is vastly separated from the actual discoveries of science and many scientists are unable to do valuable research because of lack of funding. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7bsvhEwM7I