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physician and filmmaker
Delaney Ruston is a physician and the director and producer of Screenagers: Growing up in the Digital Age.
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Delaney Ruston
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FROM Delaney Ruston
To the Point
Can humanity survive technology? We started this program 17 years ago; Google and Apple were losing money. Now, 80 percent of Americans are walking search engines with smart phones. Driverless cars are on the horizon; robots already in factories may take over white-collar jobs. We're being warned that our species is subject to capture by Artificial Intelligence. In the meantime, social problems aren't going away. We'll trace the rise of the iPhone — how it's changed our lives, for better or worse—and what to expect from technology in the future.
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