"What must accompany our technological progress and advancement is also advancements in our wisdom."
Are you interested in a research and evidence-based brighter future vision? What do you think about technological disruptions? How can we harness the current extraordinary moment in human history?
Interview Adam Dorr, the Director of Research at RethinkX. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, disruptive versus transformative technologies, progress in human wisdom, optimism, and many more.
Adam Dorr is the Director of Research at the independent think tank RethinkX. He is an environmental social scientist and technology theorist whose recent RethinkX publications have focused on the disruption of the global energy sector by new energy generation and storage technologies, as well as the implications of the energy, transportation, and food disruptions for climate change. Adam regularly presents on stage, radio, podcasts, and television. He completed his MS at the University of Michigan's School for the Environment and Sustainability and his PhD at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs.
Find out more about Adam through this link:

Adam Dorr on LinkedIn;
@adam_dorr as Adam Dorr on X;
RethinkX website;
RethinkX on LinkedIn;
@rethink_x as RethinkX on X;
RethinkX on YouTube;
Brighter - book of Adam Dorr;
Brighter playlist on YouTube;
Adam Dorr on Google Scholar;

Connecting episodes you might be interested in:

No.120 - Interview with Matt Ferrell about sci-fi induced space enthusiasm;
No.178R - Brighter (book summary);
No.221R - Rethinking humanity (research summary);

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