The Tech Humanist Show: Episode 1 – Dr. Chris Gilliard

The Tech Humanist Show explores how data and technology shape the human experience. It's recorded live each week in a live-streamed video program before it's made available in audio format. Hosted by Kate O’Neill. About this episode's guest: Dr. Chris Gilliard is a writer, professor, and speaker. His scholarship concentrates on digital privacy, and the intersections of race, class, and technology. He is an advocate for critical and equity-focused approaches to tech in education. His work has been featured in The Chronicle of Higher Ed, EDUCAUSE Review, Fast Company, Vice, and Real Life Magazine. He tweets as @hypervisible. This episode streamed live on Thursday, July 16, 2020. Episode highlights: 9:35 Chris on his recent article about Facebook profiting from hate ("Facebook Cannot Separate Itself From the Hate It Spreads": https://onezero.medium.com/facebook-cannot-separate-itself-from-the-hate-it-spreads-967ec9b8793c) 16:51 on regulations 17:58 "the notion that people should be able to throw something out into the wild, see what damage it does, and then maybe clean up some of it afterward is pretty disturbing and faulty" 19:41 "there have been many people who for years have been saying that facial recognition should either not exist or should be heavily regulated and for years many of those people have been told 'the horse is already out of the barn' — that basically that a thing can't be banned once it's been invented… which is patently false." 25:21 "many folks are actively engaged in remaking society right now" 30:04 on digital redlining