https://www.divarin.net/yt Yesterday's Tomorrows - A look back at tech pioneers who looked forward. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification divarin Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:28:00 +0000 https://town.hall.org/radio/CFP/9501_cfp.html Thu, 2 Jul 2026 12:06:00 +0000 March, 1995 Transaction Records in Interactive Services: Who Watches the Servers? The advent of interactive capabilities in home entertainment, telecommunications, and online services gives new importance to concerns about the privacy of the transaction records generated by these services. This session will explore the issues raised by the collection of personal information in these new interactive services, followed by a debate on the various strategies proposed for protecting the privacy of electronic transaction records. false 00:54:50 full hhttps://town.hall.org/radio/CFP/9502_cfp.html Thu, 2 Jul 2026 12:06:00 +0000 March, 1995 A Net for All: Where are the Minorities? We examine the degree to which minority groups participate on the net, ways in which they are (inadvertantly) excluded, and techniques for increasing their participation. We also discuss characteristics of the net that encourage broad participation. Finally, we ask to what extent class is relevant to participation or non-participation on the net. (58:32) Chair - Barbara Simons, USACM / Introductions by Deborah Runkle from the American Assn. for the Advancement of Science. false 00:54:53 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CFP/9503_cfp.html Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:11:00 +0000 March 1995 The Case Against Computers A Systemic Critique Technological advances are sweeping through our culture like a virulent plague, changing and devastating peoples rights and privileges. Individual freedoms are slowly being eroded in favor of corporate and technology-driven interests. Similarly, privacy is increasingly seen as a threat to governments and other bureaucratic power bases. The future of our world's resources, human and material, is in jeopardy. Our panel will critique computers from these as well as other perspectives. (59:34) Chair - Jerry Mander, Author false 00:55:51 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CFP/9504_cfp.html Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:24:00 +0000 March 1995 His Master's Voice Early online activists have sought -- and achieved -- victories in getting political information, such as bills and reports, opened up for public access. But no good deed goes unpunished: the same media that expose government to the sunshine will be useful to disseminate political messages of all stripes. What is the future for "net propaganda" and who will pay so whose message will get to whom? false 00:56:09 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CFP/9505_cfp.html Sat, 18 Jul 2026 11:54:00 +0000 March 1995 We have only received audio for this session, so do not yet have more descriptive text. false 01:28:01 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CommRev/ Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 02/19/1995 - Vanishing Privacy in the Information Age false 00:59:47 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CommRev/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:15:00 +0000 02/19/1995 - Future Media: More Buck for the Bang false 00:59:35 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CommRev/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:15:00 +0000 02/19/1995 - Copywrite in the Electronic Age false 01:01:17 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CommRev/ Wed, 1 Jul 2026 11:02:00 +0000 02/19/1995 - Info-Surfing the Libraries of Tomorrow false 01:01:17 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CommRev/ Tue, 7 Jul 2026 10:42:00 +0000 02/19/1995 - Trends in Hi-Tech Health Care false 00:59:47 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CommRev/ Sat, 11 Jul 2026 09:37:00 +0000 02/19/1995 - Edu-Marketing false 01:00:47 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CommRev/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:41:00 +0000 02/19/1995 - Monopoly Update on the Superhighway false 00:59:35 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CommRev/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:53:00 +0000 02/19/1995 - Hi-Tech Jobs from Defense Conversion: Can It Be Done? false 00:58:33 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CommRev/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:01:00 +0000 02/19/1995 - Democratic Access to Government Information false 01:00:38 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CommRev/ Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:08:00 +0000 02/19/1995 - Liberation Technology: From Disbaled to Enabled false 01:01:17 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CommRev/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:51:00 +0000 02/19/1995 - Intra-Lata, Competition & You false 01:01:17 full