Innocence Theory Podcast

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#41 Notes from Moving Ground (Inflection Point Series Finale)

2026-07-0130:20

A Look Back at Season 5 - Inflection Point Series In the closing episode of the Inflection Point series, Arjun and Dinesh share how their own thinking shifted across a season spent on ethics, AI-generated art, and systems thinking. They find a season that didn't resolve its questions so much as sharpen them. The world accelerated. The tools changed. The problems remained. What shifted was their relationship to uncertainty itself - and what it takes to keep thinking clearly on unstable ground....

#40 Mindsets for a changing world (An Inflection Point Episode by Innocence Theory)

2026-05-1243:13

Before the doing, there's the getting-ready-to-do In this episode of Innocence Theory's Inflection Point series, Arjun and Dinesh unpack what that actually looks like. Not a framework or a technique, but the mental state you step into before any of those things begin to matter. They move through ideas like abstraction, prototyping, and flow to explore the notion that mindset isn’t a fixed trait. It’s something you choose for the moment, the way you choose what to wear for a particular occasio...

#39 Which way forward? Understanding ethics in our time - Part 2/2 (An Inflection Point Episode by Innocence Theory)

2026-04-2940:21

Power, anonymity, and truth reshape what it means to act ethically. A conversation on how accountability breaks down, how power influences behavior, and why ethical thinking becomes harder in a world of AI, political tension, and fragmented truth. In Part 2 of this conversation, Innocence Theory moves from personal ethics into a deeper examination of power, leadership, and responsibility. Professor Chris Brooks and his students explore a core question. If people had unlimited power or complet...

#38 Which way forward? Understanding ethics in our time - Part 1/2 (An Inflection Point Episode by Innocence Theory)

2026-03-3037:37

When the world changes quickly, the question of what is right becomes harder to answer. A conversation on responsibility, power, and how people decide what is right when technology and society move quickly. In this episode of Innocence Theory, Professor Chris Brooks (Northeastern University) and his students Zofia, Noah, and Grace (Souhegan High School in Amherst, NH) discuss a very current question - What does it mean to live ethically today, in a world shaped by AI, political polariza...

#37 Designing for Repairability : Sustainable product design in the real world (An Inflection Point episode by Innocence Theory)

2026-03-0601:05:25

Sustainability that doesn’t make financial sense isn’t sustainable. A conversation on sustainable product design, hardware startups, circular economy thinking, and the right to repair. In this episode of Innocence Theory, Koushiic Durai, Founder of WowFactories, talks about what it really takes to build sustainable hardware that can survive in the real market. His view is simple. People should buy a better tool, with sustainability as a feature, not the pitch. The Combine Driver is the f...

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