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The Rip Current by Jacob Ward

Jacob Ward, Nita Farahany, Center for Humane Technology, Olivia Gambelin, Beyond Reason

We're in the invisible grip of technology, politics, and our own weirdness. Written by veteran journalist Jacob Ward (correspondent for Al Jazeera, PBS, NBC News), The Rip Current is your guide to spotting it early and getting across safely.

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Authors

The writers behind this newsletter.

  • Jacob Ward

    I write about invisible forces in tech, politics, and human behavior. Former NBC and Al Jazeera correspondent, editor-in-chief of Popular Science, Stanford d.school lecturer, and author of The Loop, a book about the danger of AI mania.

  • Nita Farahany

    Law & Phil Prof @Duke, JD/PhD, Author of The Battle for Your Brain (2023), All things tech and your brain. Girl Mom.

  • Center for Humane Technology

    Welcome! Center for Humane Technology is a nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that the most consequential technologies serve humanity. We bring clarity to how the tech ecosystem works in order to shift the incentives that drive it.

  • Olivia Gambelin

    Human Values + Artificial Intelligence

  • Beyond Reason

    Life Member of the House of Lords, Hon Fell, Pembroke College, Oxford, Sen Res Fell,Harris Manchester College, Oxford, Visiting Fellow, Jesus College, Cambridge

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