Vanessa Chang
Director of programs at Leonardo (International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology) and author of The Body Digital, exploring the history of humans and machines and how societies absorb technology.
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Mar 12, 2026 • 50min
Are You Revealing Too Much or Not Enough? & How We Absorb Technology
Vanessa Chang, director at Leonardo and author exploring how societies absorb technologies. Leslie John, Harvard professor studying disclosure and decision-making. They discuss when sharing strengthens trust and the risks of silence. They trace how technologies from writing to phones reshape attention, voice, and social habits. Short, lively conversations about revealing, privacy, and how tools become essential.
Nov 1, 2025 • 39min
Why Our Fear of Technology Is Nothing New—And Why That Should Give Us Hope: From Cuckoo Clocks to ChatGPT
Vanessa Chang, a technology historian and author of The Body Digital, explores humanity's historical anxieties about technology—from cuckoo clocks to ChatGPT. She asserts that fear of AI isn't new and emphasizes our creative agency to shape technology, urging us to embrace it rather than panic. Chang discusses the artificial divide between nature and technology, critiquing mind/body separation, and reframing everyday tools like eyeglasses as extensions of our bodies. She urges a humane approach to AI design, rooted in our past experiences with innovation.
