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Trust in a Technological Age: Kevin Werbach
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In this episode of The Decision Corner, we are lucky to be joined by Kevin Werbach. Professor Werbach is a renowned expert on emerging technology and its implications in the legal and public policy spheres. He is a professor of legal studies and business ethics at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Prior to his position at Wharton, Kevin Werbach has been an advisor in the Obama administration and a member of Obama’s transition team. He is also a widely sought after writer and speaker. He has been featured on a diverse range of platforms and his academic work is cited in top publications. In 2018, he wrote The Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust, where he explores the nuances and consequences of distributed ledger technologies. Some of the topics we discuss in this podcast include:
- Blockchain: what it is, where it is going, and how it impacts a wide range of industries and applications
- What international shipping, contact tracing apps, Facebook, and Uber have in common
- Kevin’s book and how it dissects the hype from the facts surrounding blockchain technology
- How blockchain can improve decision-making at a variety of levels
- Law, regulation, and governance as three key elements of successful blockchain implementation
- Human nature and how it can never be perfectly eradicated through technology
- How these technologies are establishing new patterns of faith
- The essential nature of interdisciplinary work at the frontier of invention
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Manage episode 288679692 series 2902888
In this episode of The Decision Corner, we are lucky to be joined by Kevin Werbach. Professor Werbach is a renowned expert on emerging technology and its implications in the legal and public policy spheres. He is a professor of legal studies and business ethics at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Prior to his position at Wharton, Kevin Werbach has been an advisor in the Obama administration and a member of Obama’s transition team. He is also a widely sought after writer and speaker. He has been featured on a diverse range of platforms and his academic work is cited in top publications. In 2018, he wrote The Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust, where he explores the nuances and consequences of distributed ledger technologies. Some of the topics we discuss in this podcast include:
- Blockchain: what it is, where it is going, and how it impacts a wide range of industries and applications
- What international shipping, contact tracing apps, Facebook, and Uber have in common
- Kevin’s book and how it dissects the hype from the facts surrounding blockchain technology
- How blockchain can improve decision-making at a variety of levels
- Law, regulation, and governance as three key elements of successful blockchain implementation
- Human nature and how it can never be perfectly eradicated through technology
- How these technologies are establishing new patterns of faith
- The essential nature of interdisciplinary work at the frontier of invention
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