People Are Still Sort of Where It’s At
Technologically Speaking Podcast: Season 1, Episode 9. Host John Verrico is joined by Richard “Rik” Legault, PhD, who serves as Senior Advisor for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences for S&T’s Social Sciences Technology Center (SS-TC). Discover all that SS-TC does to support programs and inform policies across S&T by conducting assessments, analyzing risk, evaluating success, and more. Rik helps recontextualize the Department of Homeland Security mission in terms of how it relates to people, in addition to tech (you could say we’re Humanly Speaking in this episode), by using various relatable real-life examples. His unique perspective will change the way you think about national security and foster a greater appreciation for just how multifaceted S&T is. Show notes:
- Social Sciences Technology Center
- The Dwight D. Eisenhower speech Rik references is the famous "Atoms for Peace" Speech delivered to the United Nations in 1953
- The Jurassic Park quote John references is by Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
- Technologically Speaking Podcast
- Recorded on: July 25, 2022
