CHM Blog
The CHM blog showcases ideas and insights from our vibrant community in Silicon Valley and around the world. We take you behind the scenes of our programming, collections, and exhibits. Connecting the past to the present and into the future, we decode technology for everyone.
CHM Live
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CHM Live
Should We Fear AI?
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Is there more to fear or to hope from artificial intelligence technologies today and into the future? A virtual town hall provided information and context to help us all become better informed digital citizens.
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CHM Live
Secrets In Our DNA
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Millions of people have sent their DNA to be analyzed, hoping to obtain clues to family origins and forecasts of their future health. But what really happens once the sample is in the hands of testing companies?
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CHM Live
Tech for Social Impact
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Sharing their experience, and their optimism, panelists explore how the digital revolution is accelerating notable advances, particularly in healthcare.
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CHM Live
Decoding Innovation
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
We hear the term “innovation” seemingly everywhere: In books; magazines; white papers; blogs; classrooms; offices; factories; government hearings; podcasts; and more. But for all this discussion, have we really gotten much clarity?
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CHM Live
Be Good, Do Well
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Rob Chesnut, Airbnb’s former chief ethics officer, provides guidance for people and companies who want to practice ethical decision-making, or, "intentional integrity."
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CHM Live
The People Machine
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Harvard historian Jill Lepore explores the Simulmatics Corporation's efforts to predict human behavior in the 1950s and '60s and the imprint it left on today's world.
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CHM Live
Building a Better Hype Machine: How We Can Achieve the Promise of Social Media
Monday, November 23, 2020
MIT's Sinan Aral describes how we can achieve the promise and avoid the perils of social media through money, code, norms, and laws.
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CHM Live
Heroes, Communities, and the Politics of Innovation
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
If we turn away from a focus on the heroic figure and, rather, look at communities as the real authors of developments in technology and science then the concordance with historical realities becomes smooth.
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CHM Live
The Next Moonshot … Earth
Thursday, October 22, 2020
How can the first moonshot in 1969, and all we’ve learned since, help us apply what works and avoid what doesn’t to foster innovations that create a better future?
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CHM Live
Decoding the Election: Algorithms, AI, and Your Vote
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Technology has been intertwined with US presidential elections from the start. CHM turned to three experts to explore how advances in AI and voter targeting over the last four years could change the 2020 election, and beyond.