Would you trust a self-driving car? What makes someone sacrifice their life for a stranger? What are your digital privacy rights?

The Roy Green Show

There is a strong push for autonomous vehicles to become commonplace, but are they actually a safer on the road than cars driven by people? Earlier in the week, a self-driving car ran over and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona.

Guest: Barrie Kirk, co-founder and executive director of the Canadian Automated Vehicles Centre of Excellence
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On Friday, police officer Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltrame offered himself as a replacement for a woman who had been taken hostage by an ISIS-supporting terrorist at a supermarket in Trebes, France.

What is it about a person’s character that allows them to give up their own life for another?

Also, what are the long term effects of psychological trauma experienced as a teen? How might the events of the Parkland, Florida school shooting affect the students at various times of their lives?

Guest: Dr. Frank Farley, former president of the American Psychological Association and former president of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict & Violence

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What are your rights to digital privacy when information is crossing geographic borders? The Canada Border Services Agency believes that they have the right to search such information, but is that actually the case?

Also, what are the legal issues surrounding the Cambridge Analytica scandal and is it as big as it initially seemed?

Guest: David Fraser, internet, technology and privacy lawyer, partner at McInnes Cooper in Halifax, author of the Canadian Privacy Law Blog

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The U.S. Veterans Administration issued an abstract, reporting that forcing people to taper off of opioid pain medicine does nothing to reduce overdoses, but does result in a significant rise in suicide mortality.

Meanwhile, doctors are still facing pressure to cut opioid prescriptions from their routines. Our guest has had this happen to her despite the intense pain that she lives with, and she now fears that the pain will drive her to suicide.

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