Which Way, L.A.?
Satellite
When the Galaxy IV satellite spun out of control, millions of people were cut off from each other and the rest of the world. How well do we understand our communications system? How dependent are we - and how vulnerable to technological failures? *SPECIAL NOTE*: WHERE ARE THE CANDIDATES? At a time when the news media are criticized for not covering politics - Which Way, L.A.? is offering time to major candidates in contested primaries. Jane Harman took us up on the offer - but where are Gray Davis and Al Checchi? Matt Fong plans to join us - what about Darryl Issa? Tune in to Which Way, L.A.? Tuesday, May 26, through Friday, May 29, to see if they show up on KCRW.
MICHAEL SHERMER: Publisher of Skeptic magazine and author of Why People Believe Weird Things. He taught critical thinking at Occidental College. LAUREN WEINSTEIN: Technology expert, Internet pioneer and President of Vortex Technology , a company that has been involved with computers, technology and communications for many years. DR. GREGORY STOCK: Director of the Program on Science, Technology and Society at UCLA. Author of Metaman: The Merging of Humans and Machines into a Global Superorganism. KIRKPATRICK SALE: Author of 8 books, the most recent, Rebels Against the Future, is a history of the Luddites. He is a contributing editor at the Nation. PAUL SAFFO: Director of the Institute for the Future in Menlo Park, CA. RICK ORLOV: Daily News Staff Writer GRAY DAVIS: Lieutenant Governor. Democratic candidate for Governor of California.
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