Dan Weijers

Nov 12, 2024 | ssir.org | Nicholas Agar |Stuart Whatley |Dan Weijers

How to Think about Progress: A Skeptic's Guide to Technology Nicholas Agar, Stuart Whatley & Dan Weijers 250 pages, Springer, 2024 Buy the book » Writing during the COVID-19 pandemic, and amid another wave of hype about the potential of new technologies to solve humanity’s biggest problems, our goal for How to Think About Progress: A Skeptic’s Guide to Technology was to offer principles for thinking about the future. To handle the challenges before us, we will need a fresh generation who can...

Sep 4, 2024 | link.springer.com | Nicholas Agar |Stuart Whatley |Dan Weijers

Overview Offers accessible philosophical skepticism about too much optimism on technological progress Accessibly written high profile thought pieces Challenges the popular suggestion that we seek technological fixes for the climate crisis and pandemics Part of the book series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy (LOET, volume 42) How to Think about Progress is an interdisciplinary work exploring whether optimistic claims about technology’s potential stand up to humanity’s most difficult...

May 13, 2024 | startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Dan Weijers |Nick Munn

Elon Musk has won the latest round in his Federal Court fight with Australia’s eSafety Commissioner over demands that his social media company X (aka Twitter) remove footage of a bishop being stabbed in Sydney last month. The decision by Justice Geoffrey Kennett limits the powers of  Commissioner Julie Inman Grant and the country’s Online Safety Act to Australian shores after eSafety sought to have the footage removed globally, rather than just having it geo-blocked in Australia.

May 13, 2024 | startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Dan Weijers |Nick Munn

After the federal government committed hundreds of millions in funding to PsiQuantum as part of a $940 million deal to bring the US quantum computing startup to Brisbane, many in the startup sector are wondering if that’s the start of a golden for Commonwealth cash, or the equivalent of blowing you night out budget on shots at the ivy before 8pm. Two-thirds into its three-year term, many in the tech sector are still waiting for action from the Albanese government amid a series of ongoing reviews.

May 13, 2024 | startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Dan Weijers |Nick Munn

Brisbane solar battery startup Redback Technologies is out of voluntary administration after two months with new owners in charge. Fintech Australia Ebon has put an initial $500,000 into the business after creditors approved a deed of company arrangement (DOCA) earlier this month to allow Redback, founded in 2015, to trade its way back to profitability, having racked up around $7 million in losses over the last three years. The full size of the Australia Ebon acquisition has not been revealed.