This is the website of Martin Wasserman, co-producer and host of "Future Talk", a cable TV series produced at the Midpeninsula Media Center in Palo Alto, CA, and underwritten by the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose.

The goal of the show is to examine the global impact of technology, both the promises and the perils, and to try to make sure that technology is used for benefit rather than harm.

Videos of the show can be seen on futuretalk.deeperlook.net and also on futuretalk.blip.tv

Recent topics include "Health 2.0", nanotechnology, and the future of journalism.

The series grew out of some interviews done at the Tech Museum during the "Program For The Future", a conference about collective intelligence that took place in 2008. All of those interviews can be seen at  http://futuretalk.deeperlook.net/pff.html

 

Broader Interests

I've always been interested in the "big issues" of life, and have worked hard to ask the right questions in order to understand the basic factors that underlie human behavior. Issues of war versus peace, good versus evil and the individual versus the group are just a few areas that need better understanding. All of my work in the media, including Future Talk, has attempted to address these issues.
 

Spotlight On The Middle East

The Middle East in general, and the land of Israel in particular, is the place where all of mankind's oldest and deepest conflicts seem to converge in a volatile and explosive mix. In an attempt to shed light on the region, I hosted the cable TV series "Spotlight on the Middle East" from 2005 to 2008. Click here to view the program's website, which contains videos of many of my interviews.
 

A Deeper Look - Radio

From 1989 to 1996 I produced and hosted "A Deeper Look", a general interest radio interview show on KCSM-FM in San Mateo, CA. To see a partial list of guests who appeared on the show, click here.
 

A Deeper Look - TV

In 1995 I produced and hosted a TV series that focused on local San Mateo issues, also called "A Deeper Look", on KCSM-TV.
 

Other Media

I've produced and hosted two other local cable TV series, "Just The Facts" in Cupertino, CA in the mid 1980's, and "Catalyst" in Berkeley, CA in the early 1970's. I've also appeared as a guest on other media programs.

 

Other Activities

I've also had a successful career developing high performance software tools for leading Silicon Valley Companies, Including Intel, Loral and Applied Signal Technology.
 

If you have any comments or questions, please write to marty@deeperlook.net