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] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Center for Humane Technology <hello@humanetech.com> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 16:16:13 +0000 Subject: A New Era of Tech for Social Good To: 0xloem@gmail.com And how you can join our kick off event for pro-social technology subscribe (https://www.humanetech.com/join?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) | view as a webpage (https://mailchi.mp/humanetech.com/designing-tech-for-social-cohesion?e=c78f2...) THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2023 The Catalyst Our newsletter explores technology, human behavior, ethics, and systems reform. Did someone forward you this email? 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Then: A new Your Undivided Attention (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) podcast episode that explores conscious evolution. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/designing-tech-for-social-cohesion-tickets-473427643827?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 ** The Promise of Designing Tech for Social Cohesion ------------------------------------------------------------ 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 (https://techandsocialcohesion.org/?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) . 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 ------------------------------------------------------------ Next week, from February 23-25, we’re hosting a conference called “Designing Tech for Social Cohesion (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/designing-tech-for-social-cohesion-tickets-473427643827?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 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 (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/designing-tech-for-social-cohesion-tickets-473427643827?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) . For those that can't join us in person, the event will be live-streamed on Search for Common Ground's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@SearchforCommonGroundHQ?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) . JOIN US AT THE LAUNCH EVENT (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/designing-tech-for-social-cohesion-tickets-473427643827?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) ** ABOUT THE COUNCIL ON TECH AND SOCIAL COHESION ------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 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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 ------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 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