Sharon Weinberger

Journalist

TED Speaker

Sharon Weinberger has spent the past two decades exploring the implications of the science and technology being spawned by the national security state.

Why you should listen

Sharon Weinberger has spent the past 20 years exploring the implications of science, technology and national security. She's currently studying how the global arms industry is adapting to the Information Age, in which data proves more deadly than guns. She is the Washington bureau chief for Yahoo News and the author of several books, including The Imagineers of War: The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency That Changed the World.

Sharon Weinberger’s TED talk

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Sharon Weinberger

Inside the massive (and unregulated) world of surveillance tech

Posted Dec 2020

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News

Transformation: A day of future-forward talks in partnership with Brightline Initiative

November 19, 2020

The world is in a state of flux. Humanity is undertaking aggressive climate action, technology is rapidly evolving and the very nature of human connection is being reconfigured. At every corner of the globe, people are shaking up the old and plotting to revolutionize in big, bold ways. At this salon hosted on TED’s virtual […]