Ben Werdmuller helps leaders at newsrooms, non-profits, and mission-driven organizations to navigate their biggest technology challenges.
Via Jeremy Keith, Future-First Design Thinking: Incorporating non-human personas into the design thinking process would allow us to embody the essential elements that constitute our environment, such as air, trees, water, and land. These personas can serve as tangible reminders of the interconnectedness between our design decisions and the health
“Twitter is failing to remove 99 percent of hate speech posted by Twitter Blue users, new research has found, and instead may be boosting paid accounts that spew racism and homophobia.” Who would have predicted? #Technology [Link]
““Every single thing Tessa suggested were things that led to the development of my eating disorder,” Maxwell wrote in her Instagram post. “This robot causes harm.”” #AI [Link]
“ESG’s path to its current culture war status began with an attempt by West Virginia coal companies to push back against the financial industry’s rising unease around investing in coal — which as the dirtiest-burning fuel has the most powerful and disrupting impacts on the climate.” #Climate [Link]
I’m soliciting prompts for discussion. This piece is a part of that series. An anonymous reader asks: Do the good guys need to stoop to the tactics of the bad guys in order to avoid losing, or is there still value in holding oneself to certain standards? First: who
“I guess the simple things at the heart of Succession ended up being Brexit and Trump. The way the UK press had primed the EU debate for decades. The way the US media’s conservative outriders prepared the way for Trump, hovered at the brink of support and then dived
“As citizens from all over the world, we are uniting our voices to demand urgent justice for the indigenous peoples of Brazil.” This is urgent; please sign. #Climate [Link]
Inspired by Manton’s list of countries and states he’s been to, I thought I’d come up with my own. I’ve lived in five: * The Netherlands 🇳🇱 * England 🏴 * Austria 🇦🇹 * Scotland 🏴 * The United States 🇺🇸 In addition to those, I’ve been to (excluding those “I’ve technically been to
I’m soliciting prompts for discussion. This piece is a part of that series. Michael Kriegh asks: Do you think AI is an evolutionary trend for intelligence in the universe? If so, what do you imagine that trend will look like in 50 years? 100 years? If not, why not?
Games
Fun little game that asks you to guess the place and time a series of photos were taken. My best score so far: 38,000. #Games [Link]
“It’s not about how many views you have, how many likes, trying to max all your stats… sometimes a single connection to another human is all that matters.” #Technology [Link]
I think it’s important to understand that what’s happening today in social media is not because decentralization’s time has come: it’s because Twitter’s time has gone. The core need being expressed by millions of users isn’t “get me a decentralized protocol that nobody owns