.@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)
"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
https://t.co/bD3SQf1s8L
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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@ByrneNick
@matthewtbeard
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
"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."
https://t.co/vmjdpwzJwQ
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.
https://t.co/7uU1nWOuUf
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
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.
https://t.co/hGx22YEA1r
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
https://t.co/X3uor0DuPI
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.
https://t.co/lAgiHWB04u
China continues to lead the world in blockchain adotion, with Chinese city Shenzhen giving away 10m yuan in lottery trial of digital currency
https://t.co/5rioKAOc3J
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
https://t.co/ugNtp3cWAl
Trying to understand last weeks federal budget announcement? Startup Daily has produced 7 charts that make it easier to understand at a glance...
https://t.co/bdv0xVCAu5