Federico Pistono Interview on Brazilian TV Tudo+
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Technology enthusiasts, developers, and company representatives
the whole world in one place
it's bits, a trade show which happens at the event center of fiergs until tomorrow
we're speaking with Italian, journalist and scientist, Federico Pistono
Pistono
who participates in this event
good evening, Federico
my pleasure
pleasure, it's good to have you here
Federico who last time was here was struggling speaking portuguese
and now it's better then before
yes, I speak a bit
speak a bit
he is also the author of robots will steal your job but that's ok
robots will steal your job but that's ok
but it's ok
it's ok, no problem
but tell me something, Federico, this meeting about technology that happens here in Porto Alegre
until tomorrow, makes our city some kind of capital in regards to this topic, is that right?
yes, it has a very interesting conference, where many people think about the future of society
and about solutions to problems
exchange of experience, it's important, isn't it?
yes, I had a presentation today
you had a presentation today
what was it about?
it was about the future of technology, and exponential innovation
right, that topic which you talk about, the future of technology, developed during the internship you did at nasa, right
where you try to visualize what technology will be in the following decades, right?
yes, technology advances in a non-intuitive way, because we think linearly
yes
but technology advances exponentially, it's faster
faster than we can think
but what to do when it's man, the one responsible for the advancement of technology?
thinking linearly, isn't there a paradox?
it is a paradox, we have to talk about it, there has to be an open discussion on these issues, on these themes
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yes, this is why I wrote the book
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I have another book, it's about science fiction
you have a book about science fiction?
yes
it's a novel
a tale of two futures
two futures, that's a reference to a tale of two cities
which compared London to Paris of the time, right? with different realities
two parallel futures, a very bad one
bad, simple, with little development?
no, no, it has perverted technology, strictly controlled, by corporations and governments
yes, where they control the technology
and another future, a much more open future, where technology helps people
yes, and it's controlled by them too?
it is controlled by the people
yes, people control the technology
it's open source
which is the idea behind linux and others
which would be the idea that exists today, and we're talking about the internet, about technology
and programming is the source of everything, so it would be that code would be open for everyone to work with
you're for it, right? an open source internet, you are for it?
oh, yes, i am for it, bits conference was the association for open source software
oh, perfect
they did a very good job
Federico, I'm going to give you a little break
he speaks Italian, English, as well as Spanish, and he's studying portuguese