The Elephant in the Algorithm: Turning Boring Tech Issues into Stories People Get
We’re excited to be partnering with Coda Story to host a live show next Saturday as part of their annual ZEG Storytelling Festival, featuring three incredible guests.
Why do crucial tech concepts like “surveillance capitalism” and the “attention economy” barely register in newsrooms or public debate, while the drama of Big Tech personalities dominates the headlines? In this special ZEG x Computer Says Maybe live show, Alix will sit down with satirist Armando Iannucci, data scientist and whistleblower Christopher Wylie, and producer Adam Pincus for a brainstorm on how to make complex tech stories vivid, urgent, and irresistible.
The show will be livestreamed on the ZEG YouTube channel, and we’ll share the recording afterward for anyone whose timezone doesn’t align. RSVP above to receive the livestream link - and we’ll make sure you get the recording too. We’ll also be taking questions from the livestream audience, so feel free to send any in for our guests!
About The Maybe
The Maybe is a media studio, consultancy, and collective dedicated to challenging the power and politics of tech. Computer Says Maybe is our weekly podcast hosted by Alix Dunn.
About our Partners:
ZEG Festival is an international storytelling festival that radically reimagines how stories shape our understanding. Founded by a team of Coda Story journalists and entrepreneurs, ZEG brings together storytellers from across disciplines to break down traditional boundaries, connect dots across geographies and disciplines and transform complex global patterns into meaningful insights. This year’s festival is a laboratory for reimagining narratives - exploring how we resist authoritarianism, understand technological shifts, and rebuild trust through cross-disciplinary conversations that move beyond the traditional centers of power. Zeg means “the day after tomorrow” in Georgian, one of the most ancient languages and the festival’s mission is to create narratives for our collective day after tomorrow. See the full festival program here.
Coda Story is an award-winning journalism studio that functions as an early warning system and reveals the hidden patterns driving global transformations. From tracking authoritarian tactics to investigating how AI is becoming a new belief system, Coda provides context in a world drowning in information noise. Coda just launched the Captured podcast, hosted by Christopher Wylie, which explores how technology is reshaping power, politics, and human identity. The "Elephant in the Algorithm" panel, sponsored by Luminate, embodies our mission: creating cross-disciplinary conversations that break through echo chambers and reframe critical conversations.