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Jul 7, 2021 •

June 2021

Data ≠ commodity

There's a thin line between using language to understand patterns and stripping out meaning that matters

Jun 23, 2021 •

Sociotechnical spectacle

How do we use our shared sociotechnical Covid experiences to change systems?

Jun 9, 2021 •

May 2021

How technology functions as a proxy for policy

Digital products touch millions of people and change the way we live — just like policies do

May 26, 2021 •

Zombies can't dream

The tensions between cultures of compliance & cultures of care

May 12, 2021 •

April 2021

Kind Environments for technology organisations? [part two]

You can't manage what you can't measure, and what really matters can't be measured...

Apr 28, 2021 •

The Slow Violence of Emerging Technologies [part one]

Understanding the long tail of harm that trails behind the technologies "we" develop

Apr 14, 2021 •

March 2021

February 2021

Collective bargaining for ethical technology

Can labour organising be used to shape and govern ethical technical production?

Feb 17, 2021 •

Tech for good isn't a thing

Because 'tech for bad' isn't a thing either

Feb 3, 2021 •

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