point #1 below was the point of everything. not there yet but so gratifying.
the problem was that things were too poorly known about for people to
take and sustain action. that has likely changed! [/crazy]
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From: Center for Humane Technology
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 16:16:13 +0000
Subject: A New Era of Tech for Social Good
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First: An excerpt of a piece written by the co-founders of the newly
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podcast episode that explores conscious evolution.
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** The Promise of Designing Tech for Social Cohesion
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By Tristan Harris, Co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology,
Shamil Idriss, CEO of Search for Common Ground, and Lisa Schirch,
Professor of the Practice, University of Notre Dame
The attention-based economy yields platforms that hurt us and make
collaborative problem-solving increasingly impossible. Over the past
few years, the externalities of this business model have become even
more pronounced with the global rise in toxic polarization. The cracks
in the foundation of this attention economy open a real opportunity to
build platforms that are both better for all of us and profitable over
the long run.
Digital tools can support democracy and social cohesion. In order to
do so, we need a new conversation on how the design of digital
platforms can help us depolarize and find a way forward.
What if more computer engineers designed digital platforms with the
goal of increasing human dignity, emphasizing shared values, and
building bridges between polarized groups? What if more platforms
optimized their algorithms and business models to find common ground
between groups in conflict, or incentivized pro-social behaviors like
asking questions or listening to diverse points of view?
These are the questions that motivated the three of us (Tristan
Harris, Shamil Idriss, and Lisa Schirch) to join forces to establish
the Council on Technology and Social Cohesion
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. We represent a broad coalition of leaders from the technology,
bridge-building movement, and peacebuilding field motivated to
encourage products designed to create shared understanding – rather
than outrage and division.
**
DESIGNING TECH FOR SOCIAL COHESION LAUNCH EVENT
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Next week, from February 23-25, we’re hosting a conference called
“Designing Tech for Social Cohesion
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” in San Francisco to bring together practitioners and tech innovators
and explore how innovative new digital platforms are enabling civic
action, bridge-building, and enhancing movements for human dignity.
The Council shares the belief that tech products can measurably
decrease polarization and increase social cohesion, and we want to
show the world how that’s possible. Here are three places we can
start:
1. Tech developers must learn from peacebuilders and bridgebuilders
who have spent decades helping societies remain cohesive in the face
of conflict and increasing diversity.
2. Large tech platforms need to learn from the innovation of smaller
start-ups that are already building platforms that support social
cohesion. For example, Remesh has helped United Nations peacebuilding
efforts (https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/04/23/ai-un-peacekeeping/?utm_source=Movement+for+Humane+Technology&utm_campaign=8cd9033d3c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_11_09_06_06_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_df2ee1f826-8cd9033d3c-79337882)
in Libya and Yemen, while Polis has assisted the government of Taiwan
(https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/27/taiwan-civic-hackers-polis-consensus-social-media-platform?utm_source=Movement+for+Humane+Technology&utm_campaign=8cd9033d3c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_11_09_06_06_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_df2ee1f826-8cd9033d3c-79337882)
reach solutions in more than 30 public policy issues.
3. Policymakers must incentivize the development of technology for
social cohesion. They should provide public grants for innovation and
step up their regulation of tech to not only discourage and penalize
products that amplify polarization but also reward products that
amplify social cohesion.
This better version of technology that we envision – one that makes
design choices for the social good rather than for short-term profits
at the expense of humanity – can be reality. It's a reality we're
committed to, and we welcome all in the tech industry and beyond to
join us in building this future together.
Learn more and register for Designing Tech for Social Cohesion
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. For those that can't join us in person, the event will be
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JOIN US AT THE LAUNCH EVENT
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** ABOUT THE COUNCIL ON TECH AND SOCIAL COHESION
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The Council facilitates collaboration between tech sector leaders
eager to improve the impact of technology platforms on social
cohesion, and peacebuilders eager to better leverage the innovation
and scale of the tech sector. This is a collaboration between Center
for Humane Technology
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, Search for Common Ground
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, Toda Peace Institute
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, Braver Angels
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, More in Common
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, the University of Notre Dame
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, Civic Health Project
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, and the Alliance for Peacebuilding
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** PODCAST EPISODE: The Race to Cooperation
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Could our world focus on cooperation instead of competition? In our
latest (https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/the-race-to-cooperation-with-david-sloan-wilson?utm_source=Movement+for+Humane+Technology&utm_campaign=8cd9033d3c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_11_09_06_06_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_df2ee1f826-8cd9033d3c-79337882)
Your Undivided Attention, we speak with evolutionary theorist, author,
and professor David Sloan Wilson about his work documenting where an
enlightened game – one of cooperation rather than competition – is
possible.
https://www.humanetech.com/who-we-are?utm_source=Movement+for+Humane+Technology&utm_campaign=8cd9033d3c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_11_09_06_06_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_df2ee1f826-8cd9033d3c-79337882#impact-2022
In 2022, our team worked together to impact runaway technology through
consumer awareness, legislation, litigation, and insider and
technologist activation. See the full report to learn about our work.
(https://www.humanetech.com/who-we-are?utm_source=Movement+for+Humane+Technology&utm_campaign=8cd9033d3c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_11_09_06_06_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_df2ee1f826-8cd9033d3c-79337882#impact-2022)
** CALL FOR TIKTOK RABBIT HOLE STORIES
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Have you, or one of your loved ones, tumbled down a rabbit hole on
TikTok? Bloomberg Businessweek reporter Olivia Carville wants to talk
to users of the app who have experienced the dark side of filter
bubbles. She’s writing a magazine feature on the harmful consequences
of filter bubbles and wants to hear real human stories. Read some of
her previous work on TikTok's viral challenges
(https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-11-30/is-tiktok-responsible-if-kids-die-doing-dangerous-viral-challenges?utm_source=Movement+for+Humane+Technology&utm_campaign=8cd9033d3c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_11_09_06_06_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_df2ee1f826-8cd9033d3c-79337882)
and complex content moderation situations
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Reach out to Olivia here: ocarville1@bloomberg.net
(mailto:ocarville1@bloomberg.net) .
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