Digital Ethics

Interesting book for discussions of cognitive fluency - the push me/pull me of design. Not easy all the time. Complexity is needed pic.twitter.com/M7pTh0mWjo— Alastair Somerville (@Acuity_Design) August 25, 2018

In a brutally honest note about his departure, Facebook’s Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos calls on his colleagues “to intentionally not collect data where possible” and listen to people when they say a feature is “creepy.”

While everyone else was working on building smarter robots, the really smart people were trying to figure out how to make them all stupid. They're heroes.

Design has transformed from an artistic handicraft into an engineering job. What was lost when aesthetics left the stage was the humanity of design.

The social network apologised after it showed one user a photograph of his recently-deceased daughter in its ‘Year in Review’ feature; many others had similar complaints

Well… Facebook did it again. #AlgorithmicCruelty pic.twitter.com/pwtNYt6HsI— Eric Meyer (@meyerweb) December 7, 2017

The declaration argues that AI algorithms must be designed to prevent discrimination and remedy the systemic racism that is often programmed into them.

Arianna Huffington writes an open letter to Elon Musk about the devastating effects of stress, burnout, and lack of sleep.

(With Apologies to René Descartes) As a university freshman, I studied philosophy. One of the first thinkers we studied was Aristotle, and for one of the first assignments we…

Why building inclusive tech takes more than good intentions

It will help you figure out which habits aren’t serving you.

Eliminating it isn't really a realistic option.

Words matter.

August 14, 2018: Pamela Pavliscak posted on LinkedIn

A guide to making decisions covering how we can intelligently prepare to improve our thinking, avoid stupidity, and make better, smarter, decisions.

For me, the beauty of designing a product is that it usually never ends up as the first idea you had. Often, the process looks like a…

For those of you who don't now, Sunday August 13th is International Left-Handers Day, so in homage to lefties everywhere, Bored Panda has compiled this list of annoying problems that all left-handers face on a daily basis.

Addiction, anxiety and sleep deprivation are now key selling points. 😬#designethics pic.twitter.com/8HnZtXs1Do— Per Axbom (@axbom) August 12, 2018

Silicon Valley’s elite are hatching plans to escape disaster – and when it comes, they’ll leave the rest of us behind

SKL bedömer att dagens kommunallag inte möjliggör helt automatiserade beslut där ingen människa deltar i beslutet. Automatiserat beslutsstöd, undantaget själva beslutet, är dock möjligt.

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Number of years since we make them:Elevators ~200yPlanes ~150yComputers (not mechanical) ~100ySoftwares for voting ~25yDecentralized ledgers ~10y— Noël Bardelot 🇫🇷🇪🇺 (@bardelotnzl) August 8, 2018

Over the last few decades, survey research has witnessed a number of developments that have affected the quality of data that emerge using this methodology. Usi...

Från Moderaternas guldgosse till en framträdande kritiker av dagens kapitalism. Anders Wijkmans politiska bana har fört honom allt närmare en av hans stora hjärtefrågor: det ohållbara i vårt sätt att leva. ”Hela systemet måste göras om i grunden”, säger han till Dagens ETC.

A lack of political will among national governments has led to climate policy gridlock. But many local communities are focusing on solving their own climate problems, and we can learn from them.

Fascinating to read the 1995 "Netiquette Guidelines" (RFC 1855). It was written when the Internet began to be mainstream, at a time where IRC channels, newsgroups and so on where the Facebook and Twitter of their times. Wise words.https://t.co/stOD6Hxl4E pic.twitter.com/Vd8GKw9DKF— Guillaume Champeau (@gchampeau) August 3, 2018

Why #bigdata can do wrong in human centered design. The abstraction can be true but meaningless for any individual human. #data pic.twitter.com/49FRc0StII— Alastair Somerville (@Acuity_Design) August 4, 2018

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When my wife was struck by mysterious, debilitating symptoms, our trip to the ER revealed the sexism inherent in emergency treatment.

Product-market fit is the only thing that matters, and yet this is where many companies fail. Learn how Airbnb used design thinking to disrupt itself, expand its product offering and secure lasting product-market fit on its way to becoming a true lifestyle brand.