What Can Technologists Learn from Sesame Street? With Dr. Rosemarie Truglio

<p>What happens when creators consider what lifelong human development looks like in terms of the tools we make? And what philosophies from <i>Sesame Street</i> can inform how to steward the power of AI and social media to influence minds in thoughtful, humane directions?</p><p>When the first episode of <i>Sesame Street</i> aired on PBS in 1969, it was unlike anything that had been on television before - a collaboration between educators, child psychologists, comedy writers and puppeteers - all working together to do something that had never been done before: create educational content for children on television. </p><p>Fast-forward to the present: could we switch gears to reprogram today’s digital tools to   humanely educate the next generation? </p><p>That’s the question Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin explore with Dr. Rosemarie Truglio, the Senior Vice President of Curriculum and Content for the Sesame Workshop, the non-profit behind <i>Sesame Street. </i></p><p><strong>RECOMMENDED MEDIA </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.hbo.com/movies/street-gang-how-we-got-to-sesame-street"><i>Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street</i></a></p><p>This documentary offers a rare window into the early days of <i>Sesame Street</i>, revealing the creators, artists, writers and educators who together established one of the most influential and enduring children’s programs in television history<br /><br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sesame-Street-Parents-Learning-Children/dp/0762466073/ref=asc_df_0762466073/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=383973195040&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11190055758998003247&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9067609&hvtargid=pla-816279392070&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=77871956309&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=383973195040&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11190055758998003247&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9067609&hvtargid=pla-816279392070"><i>Sesame Street: Ready for School!: A Parent's Guide to Playful Learning for Children Ages 2 to 5</i> by Dr. Rosemarie Truglio</a></p><p>Rosemarie