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<p>Hi there,</p><p>Welcome back to Untangled. It’s written by me, ​Charley Johnson​, and ​supported​ by members like you. This week I’m sharing my conversation with Miranda Bogen (Director, AI Governance Lab, Center for...

<p>Hi there,</p><p>Welcome back to Untangled. It’s written by me, ​Charley Johnson​, and ​supported​ by members like you. This week, I’m sharing my conversation with Evan Ratliff, journalist and host of the...

<p>If you’ve sensed a shift in Untangled of late, you’re not wrong. I’m writing a lot more about ‘complex systems.’ To name a few:</p><p>* What even is a ‘complex system’ and how do you know if you’re in one.</p><p>*...

<p>This week, I spoke with Harry Law, Editorial Lead at the Cosmos Institute and a researcher at the University of Cambridge, about AI and autonomy. Harry wrote a terrific essay on how generative AI might serve human...

<p></p><p>Today, I’m sharing the 15-minute diagnostic framework I use to assess an organization’s capacity to navigate uncertainty and complexity. Fill out this short survey to get access.</p><p>The diagnostic is just...

<p>Today, I’m sharing my conversation with Karen Hao, award-winning reporter covering artificial intelligence and author of NYT bestseller, Empire of AI. We discuss:</p><p>* The scale-at-all cost approach to AI Big Tech...

<p>I’m Charley Johnson, and this is Untangled, a newsletter and podcast about our sociotechnical world, and how to change it. Today, I’m bringing you the audio version of my latest essay, “There’s no such thing as...

<p>Today, I’m sharing my conversation with Greg Epstein, American Humanist chaplain at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and author of the great new book Tech Agnostic: How Technology...

<p>Today, I’m sharing my conversation with Divya Siddarth, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Collective Intelligence Project (CIP) about how we might democratize the development and governance of AI. We...

<p>Today, I’m sharing my conversation with Deepti Doshi, Co-Director of New_Public about what they’ve learned building local healthy communities, online and off. We discuss:</p><p>* The problem New_Public is trying to...

<p>This week, I’m sharing my conversation with Anya Kamenetz, the creator of The Golden Hour, a newsletter about “thriving and caring for others on a rapidly changing planet. Anya and I announced a new partnership...

<p>Hi, I’m Charley, and this is Untangled, a newsletter about our sociotechnical world, and how to change it.</p><p>* Come work with me! The initiative I lead at Data & Society is hiring for a Community Manager. Learn...

<p>Hi, I’m Charley, and this is Untangled, a newsletter about our sociotechnical world, and how to change it.</p><p>* Untangled crossed the 8,000 subscriber mark this week. Woot!</p><p>* Come work with me! The...

<p>Hi, I’m Charley, and this is Untangled, a newsletter about our sociotechnical world, and how to change it.</p><p>* Last week, I argued that the shared reality that the U.S. has long glorified was predominantly white...

<p>Hi, it’s Charley, and this is Untangled, a newsletter about technology, people, and power. Today, I’m sharing my conversation with Evan Ratliff, journalist and host of Shell Game, a funny and provocative new podcast...