Dutch Algorithm

Hello and welcome to Tech for Good Live, a podcast about tech that does some good in this world…or is it where we complain about the bad stuff tech does? We don’t know anymore. Or maybe we’ve never known. In this episode we’re chatting about women starting businesses, who’d have thought it eh? We also talk about an unusual algorithm in Rotterdam. Joining host Bex is Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski. Our special guest this time is Sarah Miguel. Changemaker and tech enthusiast, wearer of a number of different hats, including Head of Fundraising at Safe Passage, Non Exec Director at FutureEverything and Trustee at MASH. Good story of the week: More women than ever are founding their own businesses The Alison Rose Review of Female Entrepreneurship - Natwest Group And the FTSE 350 hits 40% female representation on their boards FTSE Women Leaders  Bad news story of the week: An algorithm used by the city of Rotterdam is having a huge impact on its citizens. Wired's investigation into the algorithm has discovered the usual ingrained biases Inside the Suspicion Machine - Wired  Lovely story of the week: Psychedelic mushroom ruling! Minds altered on psychedelics for mental health - Positive.news  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at [email protected]  We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.