7 Minute Futures

Alejandro Mayoral Baños: Communal Governance

Alejandro Mayoral Baños brings a different perspective to the questions of the podcast: the wisdom of indigenous peoples and their communal governance models. Sometimes discovering new answers for unique problems requires looking to those who have been managing relationships and resources for centuries with accumulated learnings that are still novel to us in the mainstream political world. Join me in listening to Alejandro's ideas and imagining ways to engage users and tech builders for a better online space. Liked this episode? Make sure to subscribe and share it. Also, visit my substack at javierpallero.substack.com where we keep the conversation going and expand on the issues we talk about here.

Gbenga Sesan: The Internet of the Next Generation

The second expert to be featured in 7 minute futures is Gbenga Sesan, a tech entrepreneur and digital rights activist who is working across Africa. His answers weren’t focused on a specific technology like AI or a specific right like privacy. Instead, he pointed to a force of human nature: agency. This perspective, coming from a continent experiencing explosive technological growth, signals a global shift. But it also reveals a core tension. While this new generation will demand a digital world that respects their autonomy, our existing political and technological structures are built to resist exactly that change. Liked this episode? Make sure to subscribe and share it. Also, visit my substack at javierpallero.substack.com where we keep the conversation going and expand on the issues we talk about here.

Daphne Keller: The Power of Choice

In this episode we hear from Daphne Keller, Director of Platform Regulation at Stanford Law School Program in Law, Science and Technology. Daphne shares her insights about the power that user choice can give back to users through new technologies like "middleware". And takes us back in time for a critical evaluation of the legislative landscape of the early internet and the precedents that shaped today's communications landscape. Liked this episode? Make sure to subscribe and share it. Also, visit my substack at javierpallero.substack.com where we keep the conversation going and expand on the issues we talk about here.

What's this about?

Welcome to Seven Minute Futures, the podcast where I talk to tech and society leaders about the main challenges in digital life and what we can do about them. I am Javier Pallero, digital policy and advocacy expert from Argentina. In this episode, I tell you about this podcast and invite you to join me in this journey.