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Event Date: September 22nd, 2025
12:00pm-1:30pm
California Spotlight: Tech Authoritarianism
The rise of powerful tech entities and the rapid advancement of digital technologies are giving way to new forms of control, raising concerns about tech authoritarianism and its impact on democratic processes and communities. This panel will bring together experts to delve into the manifestations of tech authoritarianism, with a particular focus on its emergence and implications within California. The panel will include Elijah Baucom, Finn Brunton, and Lee Crandall, with James Holston moderating.
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Article
Published August 1, 2014
Lie Detector
Recent research by a psychologist at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business suggests that our unconscious mind can detect lies.
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Published August 1, 2014
Reconstructing Disaster
UC Berkeley graduate student Siri Colom researches how politics shaped the reconstruction of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
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Article
Published August 1, 2014
If Then What?
A Social Science Matrix seminar is examining the creeping presence of algorithms in modern society.
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Article
Published August 1, 2014
Seeking New Models for Clinical Medicine
A new Social Science Matrix seminar is focused on finding radical new approaches to clinical health care.
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Article
Published July 29, 2014
Mind Readers At Work
A team of researchers led by UC Berkeley neuroscientists are getting closer to decoding imagined speech from the brain.
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Article
Published July 29, 2014
Arroyos and Socionatures
A UC Berkeley geographer explores a mystery to better understand the relationship between human-caused and natural phenomena.
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