42: Sharon Weinberger

In the 42^nd episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Sharon Weinberger. Sharon is the executive editor for news at Foreign Policy Magazine and a global fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Previously, she was the National Security Editor at The Intercept, where she directed the publication’s defense and intelligence coverage. They talk about wide range of subjects, including science & technology of military, the US national security, Pentagon and DARPA, military data collection, the business of hype-for-profit, as well as Sharon’s new book, The Imagineers of War: The Untold Story of DARPA, The Pentagon Agency that Changed the World.

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Links: 

• Sharon Weinberger: www.sharonweinberger.com
• The Imagineers of War: www.amazon.com/Imagineers-War-Untold-Pentagon-Changed-ebook/dp/B01HA4JUEA
• How an Agency of Oddballs Transformed Modern War and Modern Life: www.nytimes.com/2017/06/30/books/review/imagineers-of-war-untold-history-of-darpa-sharon-weinberger.html
• Inside DARPA, The Pentagon Agency Whose Technology Has ‘Changed the World’: www.npr.org/2017/03/28/521779864/inside-darpa-the-pentagon-agency-whose-technology-has-changed-the-world