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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2695: Hydraulic Information

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 9, 2023 · Episode: 2695 The 21st Century information floodtide, seen as applied hydraulics. Today, information flows like water.

Tags consciousness embracing ignorance FaceBook and the Middle East hydraulic analogy information internet Julian Jaynes secrecy wikileaks

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2685: C.P. Snow at a Cocktail Party

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 2, 2023 · Episode: 2685 C. P. Snow’s two cultures after 52 years and the coming of the Internet. Today, C. P. Snow at a cocktail party.

Tags C. P. Snow education gaming humanities internet posing Science and Technology The Two Cultures

Houston Matters

The Internet turns 30: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week

Michael Hagerty

Posted on May 5, 2023 · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.

Tags Galveston ISD internet Jerry Gibson Marco Roberts Mary Flood parking superintendent The Good The Bad and The Ugly The Onion World Wide Web

Houston Matters

Technology has transformed our lives in Houston over the last decade — for better or worse

Michael Hagerty

Posted on April 24, 2023 · As Houston Matters marks ten years on the air, we discuss how the technology landscape has changed in the past decade.

Tags 10th Anniversary craig cohen Dwight Silverman internet smart phones technology

Town Square

Dr. Safiya Noble takes on the “many mountains of evidence” of racism and misogyny in our internet algorithms

Brenda Valdivia

Posted on March 27, 2023 · What we see on our screens may not reflect our reality, especially for women and people of color.

Tags African-American Studies algorithms Algorithms of Oppression Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism Center for Critical Internet Inquiry ChatGPT Dr. Safiya Noble Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble Gender Studies internet Megan Markle prince harry social media ucla University of California Los Angeles

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2682: Technical English and Verbing Nouns

Richard H. Armstrong

Posted on February 15, 2023 · Episode: 2682 Technical English and the Verbing of Nouns. Today, we verb a little.

Tags Conversion in linguistics digital age internet Technical English verbing nouns zero derivation

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2409: Remembering What We Know

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 20, 2022 · Episode: 2409 Struggling to keep our grip on the past as we move from books to the Internet. Today, we struggle to remember what we once knew.

Tags Albert North Whitehead books electronic media information internet James A. Evans library repeating the past science

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2388: Inventing the Hyperlink

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 31, 2022 · Episode: 2388 In which Paul Otlet invents the hyperlink, and almost invents the Internet. Today, we invent the hyperlink.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2315: Advertising and Pricing

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 10, 2022 · Episode: 2315 Paying for our entertainments by watching advertising — back in 1885. Today, we think about Internet advertising.

Tags advertising book making carpentry and joinery hair restorer internet pricing printing selling television

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2253: The Commons Revisited

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on June 24, 2022 · Episode: 2253 Revisiting the Commons in a rapidly changing world. Today, we visit the commons.

Tags copyleft copyright Crediton Garrett Hardin internet jefferson Morrill act ownership public education lending libraries socialism The Tragedy of the Commons wikipedia

Town Square

How author Dylan Marron has conversations with people who hate him

Lisa Rosborough

Posted on March 28, 2022 · Today, Marron shares what he’s learned about having difficult conversations and how having them can help close the ever-growing distance between us.

Tags books Conversation with People Who Hate Me Dylan Marron internet literature social media Ted Lasso

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2196: The Future Among Us

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on March 13, 2022 · Episode: 2196 In which the future we seek to know is already among us. Today, the future is among us.

Tags BITNET electronic communications email future Granchester information internet Rupert Brooke technological change

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2186: Lost Beauties

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 20, 2022 · Episode: 2186 Lost beauty of old words: nostalgia thwarted a flood of new books. Today, language slips away from us.

Tags Charles MacKay Dickens dime novels fast presses internet language words literature penny dreadfuls printing Uncle Tom's Cabin

Town Square

How To Find A Healthy Balance Of Internet Usage In Children And Teens

Brenda Valdivia

Posted on May 6, 2021 · Has the pandemic made the influence of social media and screen time worse? And what can parents do to protect their children from negative effects?

Tags Baylor College of Medicine Behavioral Sciences Chief State Epidemiologist COVID Dr. Jennifer Shuford Dr. Laurel Williams dshs epidemiologist internet Jennifer Shuford Laurel Williams online psychiatry social media Texas Department of State Health Services

Houston Matters

COVID-19 Slows The Census Count, And A Truck Full Of Toilet Paper Goes Up In Flames: The Good, Bad, And Ugly Of The News

Michael Hagerty

Posted on April 3, 2020 · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.

Tags 2020 census census Coronavirus COVID-19 internet Internet Services Providers Lisa Falkenberg Marcus Davis toilet paper Vivian Ho

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2800: 2800 Years Ago

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 28, 2023 · Episode: 2800 Two information revolutions: 2800 years ago, and surrounding the 2800th Episode. Today, 2800 years ago.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2685: C.P. Snow at a Cocktail Party

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Posted on July 2, 2023 · Episode: 2685 C. P. Snow’s two cultures after 52 years and the coming of the Internet. Today, C. P. Snow at a cocktail party.

Tags C. P. Snow education gaming humanities internet posing Science and Technology The Two Cultures

Houston Matters

The Internet turns 30: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week

Michael Hagerty

Posted on May 5, 2023 · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.

Tags Galveston ISD internet Jerry Gibson Marco Roberts Mary Flood parking superintendent The Good The Bad and The Ugly The Onion World Wide Web

Houston Matters

Technology has transformed our lives in Houston over the last decade — for better or worse

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Posted on April 24, 2023 · As Houston Matters marks ten years on the air, we discuss how the technology landscape has changed in the past decade.

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