After discovering a bit about Jean Piaget and his child psychology theories, it is time to listen to someone who knows best: a mother. Caroline Naito is a mother in the Silicon Valley, on the frontlines of raising two girls, in this age of soci

S2E4 - About the joy of learning the meaning of the sound "cat"

Nov 19th, 2020 45m 15s

In our continued voyage through the human psyche, we explore the joy of learning, and phases a baby, a child goes through as they learn. We turn to Jean Piaget, renowned child psychologist to learn and reflect on how WE learned. We ponder what

S2E3 - In conversation with Reza Malkezadeh: "Building and Selling to Fight Death"

Oct 2nd, 2020 43m 40s

In this episode, we converse with Reza Malekzadeh, serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, citizen of the world. Reza shares with us his career, his failures and lessons learned from them. We then dive a bit deeper to explore what makes the em

S2E2 - Human needs, babies' needs, and social media

Sep 25th, 2020 44m 57s

In this second reverie of the second season, we go back to babies. For they are the foundation of who we are, as individuals, as society. We explore their core needs, and why those shape the foundation of a human psyche, and thus, of the social

S2E1 - In conversation with Jeff Scargle, astrophysicist at NASA AMES

Sep 18th, 2020 56m 49s

We start Season 2 in conversation with Jeff Scargle, esteemed scientist and astrophysicist at NASA AMES. We explore with Jeff a different outlook on the Silicon Valley, the technology changes of the past decades... the joys of discovering a pas

S1E12 - A preview of Season 2 - voyage into the Human Psyche

Jul 3rd, 2020 16m 1s

In this last episode of Season 1, we trace the path for the format changes of season 2... with interviews, a dialog, and a descent into the themes of the human mind and psyche. If the media we consume and create also changes us, there is a conn

S1E11 - From social media addiction to a sense of inner boundaries

Jun 28th, 2020 39m 7s

As we approach the end of Season 1 of HIT PAUSE, I reflect on my personal media usage; on the countless studies which have studied and proven its addictive nature. And we trace the path for a sense of direction about the future of social media:

S1E10 - Looking into the mirror: do we have a role to play to tame the social media golem?

Jun 9th, 2020 35m 17s

Social media was made for us, by us, humans. It's thus only fair that we look at ourselves. From early investors to public investors, from public investors to end users, we are social media. It was designed to be addictive, and tap into our ps

S1E9 - Entering the unchartered waters of morality and social media

Jun 2nd, 2020 36m 58s

The week after the George Floyd riots, we look at the question of morality and social media. Morality is hard concept to grasp, at an age of immediate information transmission, hyper-virality, and mass manipulation. How are platform companies r

S1E8 - Is social media primarily guided by economic forces?

May 26th, 2020 36m 14s

We look at the three phases of the history of the social media wave: laisser-faire, basic legal regulation, followed by core questions about the rapport between market actors. But we soon see that it's really economic views which guide most of

S1E7 - Is this a recipe for war?

May 19th, 2020 31m 52s

We look at how, in the past, technology waves, economic imbalances and a radical shift in communication medium create a fertile terrain for wars to explode. How do we get there? What can the past help us understand about the future? Has social

S1E6 - The boron rods of the social media chain reaction

May 12th, 2020 37m 4s

We explore the comparison between a nuclear reaction and social media. Through the great metaphor of HBO's documentary "Chernobyl", and its fifth episode, we learn about what happens in a nuclear reactor: uranium, boron rods, positive void coef

S1E5 - Container, did you say container?

May 5th, 2020 36m 30s

Where we look at the 5 fundamental components of a media communication theory: emitter, receptor, medium, container, and content. We then explore the link between them, and what it means in today's day and age. We also start a new segment where

S1E4 - It all started on December 17, 2005

Apr 28th, 2020 30m 26s

A little voyage through the past 15 years, an accelerated look into the birth of social media. A time for heretics to defy common ideas; a time to rethink media... or was it a time to tap into pent up feelings, and the gut of the audience, now