https://media.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/content.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/Leanda_Barrington-Leach_Final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWhat if one-third of the world’s internet users are actually children—children whose data is being harvested, who are being exposed to manipulation, and whose classrooms are now testing grounds for unproven tech? In this eye-opening episode of the Tech Humanist Show, host Kate O’Neill sits down with Leanda Barrington-Leach, […]
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The Tech Feminist Episode, in honor of International Women’s Day – Celebrating Women in Tech
https://media.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/content.blubrry.com/thetechhumanist/S3E1_womens_day.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWomen figure heavily into the tech humanist story. So for International Women’s Day — and to kick off our new season, Season 3! — we’re celebrating with an episode highlighting just a few of the brilliant women tech and futurist thinkers who’ve been guests on our show: Vanessa Mason, Dr. […]
What Does Spotify Unwrapped Have to do With Surveillance?
As fun as Spotify Unwrapped is, it speaks to the fact that we're all slowly willing to accept more and more tech companies gathering huge amounts of data on all of us...
Reducing Algorithmic Bias, Harm, and Oppression
Everyone who interacts with technology in any way is either affected by or directly affecting algorithmic bias on a daily basis, and most of it is invisible to us. That’s what I’m talking about today: algorithmic bias, where it comes from, how it affects you and your business, and how we can use strategic big-picture thinking to mitigate and erase the harm it causes.