The Digital Insider with Sinan Aral MIT IDE

For our final episode of season one, we're bringing you a fantastic interview with Group Chief Executive - Technology & Chief Technology Officer of Accenture, Paul Daugherty. Not only does Paul Oversee Accenture's technology business globally and lead their technology and innovation strategy, technology R&D, ventures, and ecosystem groups, he is also a speaker, media-commentator and author. His latest book, Radically Human: How New Technology is Transforming Business and Sha...

Today we’re giving you access to the fireside chat Sinan moderated live at the MIT Conference on Digital Experimentation (CODE@MIT). Joined by Prominent Researchers, Hanna Halaburda (NYU Stern), Neha Narula (MIT Digital Currency Initiative), Catherine Tucker (MIT Sloan) and E. Glen Weyl (Microsoft), to discuss the promise and peril of Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Web3. Remember to rate, review, subscribe and share with a friend. Enjoy the show!Visit ide.mit.edu/podcast for more....

Today is a very important day across the United States – Election Day! While there is much hope in the hands of our democracy, there is also a looming threat and a vulnerability to election interference by foreign actors. In today’s special “Hot Takes” episode of the podcast, Sinan Aral talks about the steps we—as individuals, policymakers, business owners, etc. —must take to prevent election influencers and prevent the spread of fake news. What social media companies can do to stop fak...

Sinan and fellow MIT alumnus, Albert Wenger, partner at Union Square Ventures, a New York-based early stage VC firm focused on investing in disruptive networks, whose portfolio companies include: Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare, Etsy, Kickstarter and Shapeways. Albert shares some excellent business advice and the lessons he’s learned along the way. The Winding Road from MIT PhD to Venture Capitalist (2:07-15:34)What Makes an Investment-Worthy Entrepreneur (15:42-21:51)Technology Trends ...

Sinan welcomes guest, Renée DiResta, author, analyst, speaker and the technical research manager at Stanford Internet Observatory.Renee investigates the spread of narratives across social and media networks, with an interest in understanding how platform algorithms and affordances intersect with user behavior and factional crowd dynamics. She led an investigation into the Russian Internet Research Agency’s multi-year effort to manipulate American society, and presented public testimony. Her w...

This week's guest, Gary Vaynerchuk, is considered one of the leading global minds on what’s next in culture, relevance and the internet. Gary is a serial entrepreneur, and serves as the Chairman of VaynerX, the CEO of VaynerMedia and the Creator & CEO of VeeFriends.Sinan and Gary discuss everything from web3, TikTok, consumer blockchain, entrepreneurship and what it takes to be successful, as well as AI algorithms, and how positivity can take you a long way -- not just online,...