![]() And both of these things are dependent on people. But if it’s going to change the industry, Tech Humanism can’t be seen as a way to be good it needs to become the new normal, a bar below which it’s impossible to drop.Īnd while monopolies, child protection and the attention economy might provoke external regulation, within the tech industry the fastest levers for change are probably investment and talent. Meanwhile, Tech Humanism - the school of thought that puts people and society before technical possibility - is gaining momentum: Kate O’Neill has written a Tech Humanist Manifesto and in the last week, technologist Dan Hon gave a great call-to-humanism at FooCamp, Glitch developer Jenn Schiffer spoke on the same topic at #ffconf, and Jaron Lanier has said we need to “ double down on being human”. And while some technology companies - and the people who make money from them - might be feeling uncomfortable, there’s not much radical problem solving going on. Top-down governance and regulation is taking shape in the US, Europe and the UK, and journalism and academia are continuing to shine a light on the impact of platforms and the attention economy. And now it’s time for the technology industry to be disrupted - and come to terms with a new, more humane future that it’s impossible to turn away from. Technology has changed, or “disrupted”, how we work, vote and think about privacy in ways no one imagined. We can’t solve this simply through process, by automating tests for “Ethical Acceptance” or creating simple “if this then that” rules there isn’t a simple check and balance to make before a product or feature goes out the door- as an industry, we need to be continually monitoring, and thinking deeply and strategically, about the consequences of the decisions we make. ![]() And while software might love a standard, real life is messier and more extraordinary than any product backlog gives it credit for.
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