We help you navigate technological change and its implications for people, business, society and the world around us.
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.@zacharykaiser just described my book with a lucidity that far surpasses anything I've said about it in the weeks since publication.
I feel like I just got a tutorial on How You Do That
(Huge thanks to @aigadec for a wonderful conversation)
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"Hope is built through conscious action; it’s earned by achieving results that are challenging and it’s justified when we have reason to believe we can rise to the challenge."
A beautiful peice written by our good friend and faculty @matthewtbeard
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This.
Techno-Activism and the Vestiges of Hope by @type_human typehuman.substack.com/p/tec…
TypeHuman retweeted
Honored to write the inaugural Faculty Essay for
@type_human on the theme of "Hope"
See bottom for activist books, orgs, and art 🔥
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"As reality is most evident and most pliable when it comes undone, feelings of collective vulnerability may in fact signal the precise moment for social re-imagining."
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The amazing @Jenny_L_Davis from ANU is the first of our recently assembled faculty to publish her reflections on Hope, in the wake of technological progress and the challenges faced by humanity in 2020
We had the pleasure of sitting down with Jenny Davis from ANU last week who, in her latest book How Artefacts Afford, shared methods for bringng more discipline to how design can be more conscious and minimise the unintended consequences of technologies.
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TypeHuman retweeted
PayPal customers will be able to use BTC, ETH and other cryptos to pay merchants.
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Welcome to the @ethereum ecosystem, @PayPal!
Ever wanted to have a clear way of examining the ethics of your technology or product?
We were so excited to sit down with @Jenny_L_Davis today for episode three of our podcast. Jenny’s recent book How Artefacts Afford provides a foundation for examining these ethical questions
ALT Design Ethics with Jenny Davis. Episode three of the TypeHuman Podcast
It has potential to create the world’s largest centralised repository of financial transactions data, while it may address some financial governance challenges, such as money laundering, it would also create unprecedented opportunities for surveillance.
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Social media deserves our scrutiny. But nationalising social media ignores the benefits an international, (mostly) borderless communication network has afforded us.
A nationalised social media network is not the answer
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The Trump Administration has included “distributed ledger technologies” (DLT), the grandaddy tech behind cryptocurrency and blockchain, in its strategy for preserving America’s technological supremacy over China and Russia.
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China continues to lead the world in blockchain adotion, with Chinese city Shenzhen giving away 10m yuan in lottery trial of digital currency
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It’s inevitable, but still exciting, to see governments experiment with digital currencies. Japan is the latest country to announce their plans, kicking off in 2021
#bitcoin #blockchain #technology
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Trying to understand last weeks federal budget announcement? Startup Daily has produced 7 charts that make it easier to understand at a glance...
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The future is already here it’s just unevenly distributed: Jet packs as the emergency responders latest go-go-gadget too!
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