After over a year of development, we’re delighted to announce the public launch of Foundations of Humane Technology, a self-paced, online course designed to help you build technology that serves humanity's best interests.
Foundations of Humane Technology responds to the growing need across the tech industry for new principles to guide more humane product development. Check out our 2 min overview video here:
Foundations of Humane Technology teaches how to apply the 6 Tenets of Humane Technology to the design, development, and distribution of technology.
Foundations of Humane Technology had substantial input from experts, partners, and hundreds of beta testers. We are grateful to all of those whose work inspired and informed our own.
Foundations of Humane Technology is made possible by the generous lead supporters of the Center for Humane Technology. Support for this course was provided in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.
WHAT WE'RE READING, LISTENING TO, & WATCHING
- Tech Policy Press released an important round-up of resources for understanding the role of technology in the invasion of Ukraine including the Kremlin’s disinformation campaigns, Facebook’s failure to label Russian propaganda, and how bots have been used to suppress Russian opposition.
The Ukraine Crisis Media Center offers ways that we can all help, from choosing the language we use wisely to donating to trusted organizations.
- The U.S. State of the Union called for urgency in increasing online protections for youth by: 1) researching social media’s harms, 2) instituting safety standards, 3) stopping discriminatory algorithms, 4) banning targeted ads, and 5) strengthening privacy.
The speech reflects the groundswell of bipartisan legislation and the overwhelming public support for regulating big tech when it comes to kids.
- In “True Innovation Requires Big Tech, Academia and Government to Work Together”, Shirley Ann Jackson notes that our interconnected world will continue to see interlocking crises that threaten our economy, our communities, and our national security (we’ve frequently called this phenomenon the meta crisis).
The only way to meet these challenges is to create a powerful innovation ecosystem in which tech, academia, and government are mobilized in concert to assess risk holistically and mitigate systemic shocks.
