Digital Ethics

(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…

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

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.

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

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.

In California and beyond, lawmakers are taking action for the environment. But advocates for people with disabilities say the bans create yet another hurdle to dining in public

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

Imran Chaudhri discusses how we can regain control over our devices–and how Apple can do better.

Black mirror is not a source of inspiration, it's a cautionary tale! 😂 @steveportigal #UXA18 #UXAustralia— Katja Forbes (@luckykat) August 30, 2018

Stephen Nicholson had been arrested on suspicion of killing 13-year-old in Southampton

Younger daters exhausted by larger apps like Tinder have found ways to meet possible partners by considering fewer of them.

Ethics in production is a subset of business ethic that is meant to ensure that the production function or activities are not damaging to the consumer or the society.

IntroductionThe Eight Step Module is a tool that can be used to help individuals make good ethical decisions.I the individual follows these steps; he/she will …

Facebook-dataskandalen riskerar att bli en av många.

A little question is a big deal when it comes to shaping people’s experience with your product. How do we ask people for their gender in a…

The voter journey can be a happy path or a burdened one. Let's make voting more rational.

The most famous entrepreneur of his generation is facing a public reckoning with the power of Big Tech.

Attendees at last month’s Adobe Symposium, in Sydney, were treated to insights from some of the world’s most eminent experience makers. Among them was brand reinvention consultant Cindy Gallop, who has 30 years of experience in branding, marketing, and entrepreneurialism.

Learning about the cyber security concept of threat hunting, i.e. not waiting for threats to appear but to proactively hunt them down before they reach your systems.Thinking that this is what #designethics needs as well: harm hunting. Let's not wait for people to complain.— Per Axbom (@axbom) September 12, 2018

I've often said that every two-dimensional map is a lie; a perfect map would be able to show a city in three dimensions. (Or four, to show how they've changed over time.) Height tells you so much; the steepness of stre

Amygdala hijack refers to the fight-or-flight response that takes place when you are faced with a perceived threat.

This is a crib of a talk that Data & Society Founder and President danah boyd gave at the Online News Association conference in Austin…

Exclusive: Use of algorithms to identify families for attention raises stereotyping and privacy fears

This is quietly a major milestone in tech culture. Linus Torvalds, the leader behind Linux, git, and much of open source culture, reflects on how he’s been hostile to community members. I hope he follows through — that would be his biggest commit ever. https://t.co/1DzeWVRvLe pic.twitter.com/lY5AMxNuPd— Anil Dash 🥭 (@anildash) September 16, 2018

New research shows that curiosity is vital to an organization’s performance—as are the particular ways in which people are curious and the experiences they are exposed to. This package examines how leaders can nurture curiosity throughout their organizations and ensure that it translates to success.