It’s time to re-frame Tech & Society as a field
Here’s a hypothesis I’ve been mulling over as I’ve been absorbing the news these last few weeks and months: It’s time to re-frame Tech & Society as a…
Tag: policy
AI makes Line Go Up, but…
AI has a tendency to make the Line Go Up. It also has a tendency to make Money Go Up. But that doesn’t mean that everyone’s happy, and…
Moving up the stack & different generational outlooks
Here’s a mental model I carry around with me and pull out whenever I think about different approaches to thinking about tech: Different generations think differently about tech…
Quick takeaways from Hannah Ritchie’s Not the End of the World
I’ve been reading Hannah Ritchie’s Not the End of the World, and while I cannot get myself to quite share her optimism, I highly recommend the book. For…
4 Steps Towards a Better Internet
I believe the internet today is pretty much broken — by behavioral tracking, by market concentration, by walled gardens. And while I caution against quick technological fixes as attempts…
re:publica is a wrap
This week I attended re:publica, Germany’s most relevant tech & society conference. I’ve been going since year 1 (2007) — not every year, and often not for the…
Some thoughts after Mercator Forum
I’m on my way back home from Essen where I attended Mercator Forum, the foundation’s annual convening of its stakeholders, communities and grantee partners. This year it was…