222I_Adam Dorr, the Director of Research at RethinkX

Listen to the episode:


Check out the trailer:


“What must accompany our technological progress and advancement is also advancements in our wisdom.”


Are you interested in a research and evidence-based brighter future vision? What do you think about technological disruptions? How can we harness the current extraordinary moment in human history?


Interview Adam Dorr, the Director of Research at RethinkX. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, disruptive versus transformative technologies, progress in human wisdom, optimism, and many more.

Adam Dorr is the Director of Research at the independent think tank RethinkX. He is an environmental social scientist and technology theorist whose recent RethinkX publications have focused on the disruption of the global energy sector by new energy generation and storage technologies, as well as the implications of the energy, transportation, and food disruptions for climate change. Adam regularly presents on stage, radio, podcasts, and television. He completed his MS at the University of Michigan’s School for the Environment and Sustainability and his PhD at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Find out more about Adam through this link:

Connecting episodes you might be interested in:


What wast the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on twitter @WTF4Cities or here in the comment section!

Additionally, I will highly appreciate if you consider subscribing:

I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in.


Music by Lesfm from Pixabay

30 responses to “222I_Adam Dorr, the Director of Research at RethinkX”

  1. […] ⁠No.222 – Interview with Adam Dorr ⁠about technological progress and disruptions; […]

    Like

  2. […] ⁠No.222 – Interview with Adam Dorr⁠ about science-based optimism; […]

    Like

  3. […] No.222 – Interview with Adam Dorr about food technologies […]

    Like

  4. […] No.222R – Interview with Adam Dorr, the Director of Research at RethinkX […]

    Like

  5. […] No.222 – Interview with Adam Dorr about technology being applied knowledge […]

    Like

  6. […] these examples, as Adam Dorr, Director of Research at RethinkX, explained in episode 222 on the WTF4Cities? […]

    Like

  7. […] and accessible, as Adam Dorr described on the What is The Future for Cities? podcast’s 222nd episode. Governments and businesses are starting to recognise their economic advantages—such as lower […]

    Like

  8. […] No.222 – Interview with Adam Dorr about already existing great technologies […]

    Like

  9. […] clean technologies that transform not just vertical farming but food production in general (ep 222 on the What is The Future for Cities? […]

    Like

  10. […] is echoed in Adam Dorr’s discussion of technological advancements driving urban futures (on episode 222 on the WTF4Cities? podcast). The potential for nuclear and other low-carbon technologies to shape […]

    Like

  11. […] No.222 – Interview with Adam Dorr about technology as applied knowledge […]

    Like

Leave a reply to 274I_Richard Gill, CEO of RethinkX – What is the future for cities? podcast Cancel reply