Caribbean Insights Upend Tech Norms

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11/29/23 • 35 min

Moral Repair: A Black Exploration of Tech

SHOW NOTES

Check out our Guest Professor Jane Gordon
The Californian Ideology
Jimmy Cliff
The Harder They Come Film
“All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace” an Adam Curtis Documentary Series

SHOW NOTES

Check out our Guest Professor Jane Gordon
The Californian Ideology
Jimmy Cliff
The Harder They Come Film
“All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace” an Adam Curtis Documentary Series

Previous Episode

Web3 & The Pursuit of the American Dream

How has the American Dream transformed in the wake of the Great Recession? Annanda & Keisha examine the impact of the Great Recession on the American Dream focusing on the rise of Bitcoin and blockchain. Through the lens of bell hooks’ philosophical perspectives, they explore the deeper moral stakes. Featuring a captivating conversation with Adorable Earthangel, a web3 entrepreneur and spiritual technologist, who offers unique insights on how to navigate this new landscape.

Work with our Guest Adorable Earthangel!
bell hooks defines white supremacist capitalist patriarchy
bell hooks shows the difference perspective makes in Black Looks: Race and Representation (1992).
Some background on the history of the New Deal and the 2008 crash:
How the New Deal Left Out African-Americans (Smithsonian)
Codeswitch explains the history of housing discrimination and redlining
Economics Professor Richard Wolff (The New School) explains the 2008 subprime mortgage problem
Investopedia breaks down on the AIG Bailout
**In January 2021, the New York Times reported the Biden administration’s intent to include an image of Harriet Tubman in a redesigned $20 bill.
Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder of FTX and Alameda Research, was found guilty of fraud and conspiracy after his crypto firm collapsed. He faces a lengthy prison sentence. Reuters reports (Nov 2023)
The Income Gap, the US Department of Treasury marks Racial Inequality in the United States
Why the Great Recession Made Inequality Worse by Ken-Hou Lin and Megan Tobias Neely

Explore more on the 53% loss of African-American Wealth During the Great Recession “The Color of Money” by Mehrsa Baradaran

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Data Science, Consent, Colonialism—What We Can Learn from the Woods

Tech companies have access to an immense amount of data about each of us. How are we all being affected in a world where no one can be anonymous? Keisha McKenzie and Annanda Barclay talk to data scientist Scott Hendrickson, PhD, about data and consent, ways colonialism shows up in tech development, and more cooperative ethics we can learn from nature.

SHOW NOTES

For the next episode: tell us about your nostalgic tech memories! Find us at @moralrepairpodcast on instagram, @moralrepair on Twitter/X, or moralrepairpodcast at gmail dot com
How did Cambridge Analytica use 50M people’s Facebook data in 2016? ( Knowledge Wharton)
California bill makes it easier to delete online personal data ( LA Times)
“Churches target new members, with help from Big Data” ( Wall Street Journal)
In the film Enemy of the State, characters uncover all the ways they’re being tracked—it’s a lot.
Digital safety for people seeking reproductive care ( Digital Defense Fund)
How redwood trees communicate ( New York Times): “The Social Life of Forests” feat. Professor Suzzane Simard
“Thieves Use Tech Devices to Scan Cars Before Breaking Into Them” NBC Bay Area
Scott has recommended a few books for our audience:
God Human Animal Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning by Meghan O’Gieblyn