Women In Technology - Friday Links - 31/10/2025
Hello everyone,
Costume or Cosmos? However you’re celebrating, Halloween or Dark Matter Day, we’ve got you covered.
AI
Let’s start with a big scare: Carole Cadwalladr at the Daily Show on Broligarchs, AI, and a Techno-Authoritarian Surveillance State:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG7CvbccdVM
Dark Matter Q&A
https://www.interactions.org/dark-matter-day
Tech & Power
Kara Swisher: a discussion between friends on tech and power
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNDKvd-gorE&t=1450s
Women that inspire me
Jacinda Arden, on A different kind of Power. This is the story of an accidental leader, a woman who overcame persistent self-doubt to become her country’s 40th prime minister, committed herself above all to caring for her fellow citizens and then chose to quit when she felt her resilience wane.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJg1McSvgo8
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/06/01/jacinda-ardern-different-power-memoir-review/
Malala Yousafzai reflects on life beyond advocacy: [..] So to young people who are doubting themselves, who are worried about their strength, resilience, or self-esteem—I know that these emotions feel hard and difficult to process, but they are part of your growth. Sometimes the journey can be hard and difficult, but all of these experiences can help us grow into a more beautiful, truer version of ourselves.
https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/books/malala-yousafzai-interview-2025/
Halloween Science
For a playful weekend:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Zz-u89Gdw
Meet the Author
Meet the Author of "Hans Joachim Specht: Scientist and Visionary" with Sanja Damjanovic: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1607502/
A rare insight into the six-decade career of a physicist who helped shape the landscape of nuclear and heavy-ion physics in Europe.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend,
Eva for WIT-communications