Episode 153: Sharon Weinberger

Sharon Weinberger is the author of the new book The Imagineers of War: The Untold Story of DARPA.

DARPA stands for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and it is the branch of the Pentagon that is famous for developing some far-out-there technologies, some of which were total flops but others that have become central to not only modern warfare, but also daily life.

We have an intriguing conversation about the history of technology in modern warfare and the implications of having a military institution conducting research that can have big-society wide consequences.