February 2019

Preview: Dark Side of Tech: Surveillance and Propaganda

Picture this: you’re surfing Twitter or Facebook to fill the boredom in your day. You may also shop on Amazon for the latest deals on home accessories. Suddenly, you come across a post that details inflammatory information on a sensitive topic. Feeling morally obliged to spread the word, you share it on your social media […]

Michael Ventura giving a talk

Empathy is not simply being nice. Leadership is more than telling people what to do. Empathy provides a way for people to understand and communicate with others on their level. In the ten years since Sub Rosa began, Michael Ventura’s intuition on effective communication has coalesced into a concrete philosophy, outlined in his new book, […]

Weekly News Roundup February 11-17

Ariana Grande Says “thank u, next” to Her Fourth #1 Album Ariana Grande’s fifth album “thank u, next” (her second in less than six months) debuted this week at #1 on the Billboard 200 (last August, “sweetener” also debuted at #1). Not only did she have two records debut at the top of the charts […]

Preview: Engaging Young People in Democracy Meet Up

For any change to take effect in law and political reform, there needs to be active engagement on part of the general public for anything to happen. The type of people engaging in this activity also make an impact on the passage of reformative laws and legislation (as was the case with Women’s Suffrage, the […]

Top 5 sessions on the Future of AI in Medicine

SXSW panelists share a number of current practices and new ideas at the intersection of artificial intelligence and medicine. The following are five panels geared toward discovering how to improve our future health and enabling the marginalized to more easily integrate with society. Experimenting in a Microgravity Lab The International Space Station is home to […]