Kate O'Neill
@kateoneill.bsky.social
"Tech Humanist." Future-ready strategy. Founder & CEO, KOInsights.com. Host, The Tech Humanist Show (thetechhumanist.com). Thinkers50. Ex-Netflix. Keynote speaker; 6x author (WHAT MATTERS NEXT); bylines Fast Company, WIRED, et al. Vegan, bi, linguist.
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Kate O'Neill
@kateoneill.bsky.social
· Jun 16
🌟 AMAZING NEWS! "What Matters Next" has been selected for the @thinkers50.com 2025 Best New Management Booklist!
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Curious about businesses supporting the strike by closing or by extending flexible arrangements to workers and/or the community
January 30, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Curious about businesses supporting the strike by closing or by extending flexible arrangements to workers and/or the community
Reposted by Kate O'Neill
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
There was a guy on one of my flights yesterday with a patch sewn onto his backpack that said "I may seem calm but in my mind I've already killed you three times"
and I mean, huh?
but also: what kind of mentality chooses THIS, of all things, as the identity to externalize on one's luggage?
and I mean, huh?
but also: what kind of mentality chooses THIS, of all things, as the identity to externalize on one's luggage?
January 27, 2026 at 3:21 PM
There was a guy on one of my flights yesterday with a patch sewn onto his backpack that said "I may seem calm but in my mind I've already killed you three times"
and I mean, huh?
but also: what kind of mentality chooses THIS, of all things, as the identity to externalize on one's luggage?
and I mean, huh?
but also: what kind of mentality chooses THIS, of all things, as the identity to externalize on one's luggage?
Are climate action & economic growth actually at odds—or might they be deeply aligned? In this episode I sit down with innovator & investor Tom Chi to challenge conventional thinking about climate solutions, innovation, and the future of planetary restoration
www.thetechhumanist.com/2026/01/15/r...
www.thetechhumanist.com/2026/01/15/r...
January 15, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Are climate action & economic growth actually at odds—or might they be deeply aligned? In this episode I sit down with innovator & investor Tom Chi to challenge conventional thinking about climate solutions, innovation, and the future of planetary restoration
www.thetechhumanist.com/2026/01/15/r...
www.thetechhumanist.com/2026/01/15/r...
“ICE used an AI tool to scan resumes and mistakenly grouped applicants without law enforcement backgrounds with candidates who were previously law enforcement officers”
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
AI error pushed new ICE agents into the field without proper training: report
The AI mistake took place this past fall during a recruitment surge, according to the report
www.independent.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 6:46 PM
“ICE used an AI tool to scan resumes and mistakenly grouped applicants without law enforcement backgrounds with candidates who were previously law enforcement officers”
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump’s threat of the Insurrection Act flips the script, as Torey Van Oot points out at Axios: troops sent against a governor’s wishes to crush protests of federal actions—not to protect civil rights.
Sets precedent for federal force against dissent.
Read at Axios:
www.axios.com/2026/01/15/t...
Sets precedent for federal force against dissent.
Read at Axios:
www.axios.com/2026/01/15/t...
Trump threatens Insurrection Act for Minnesota
The president warned he may deploy the military without state consent.
www.axios.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Trump’s threat of the Insurrection Act flips the script, as Torey Van Oot points out at Axios: troops sent against a governor’s wishes to crush protests of federal actions—not to protect civil rights.
Sets precedent for federal force against dissent.
Read at Axios:
www.axios.com/2026/01/15/t...
Sets precedent for federal force against dissent.
Read at Axios:
www.axios.com/2026/01/15/t...
I was booked for a media interview today and the host canceled because he’s in Minneapolis and he said ‘it’s crazy here right now.’ I certainly empathize, but I’m also realizing that that might be the first time I’ve ever had a media appearance or meeting canceled on account of state violence.
January 9, 2026 at 2:31 AM
I was booked for a media interview today and the host canceled because he’s in Minneapolis and he said ‘it’s crazy here right now.’ I certainly empathize, but I’m also realizing that that might be the first time I’ve ever had a media appearance or meeting canceled on account of state violence.
“It takes far more than storytelling to get where we need to go, but how we tell the stories is crucial.” Rebecca Solnit on climate progress reminds us why narrative framing isn't soft work—it's the infrastructure that makes systemic change legible and possible.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Paris climate treaty changed the world. Here’s how | Rebecca Solnit
There’s much more to do, but we should be encouraged by the progress we have made
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“It takes far more than storytelling to get where we need to go, but how we tell the stories is crucial.” Rebecca Solnit on climate progress reminds us why narrative framing isn't soft work—it's the infrastructure that makes systemic change legible and possible.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
AI trained on prison calls now monitors inmates in real-time. Except inmates paid for the calls that trained the model, and now pay higher fees to fund the AI surveillance of their own conversations.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/01/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/01/1...
An AI model trained on prison phone calls now looks for planned crimes in those calls
The model is built to detect when crimes are being “contemplated.”
www.technologyreview.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
AI trained on prison calls now monitors inmates in real-time. Except inmates paid for the calls that trained the model, and now pay higher fees to fund the AI surveillance of their own conversations.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/01/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/01/1...
I suspect that ICE just took someone off of my flight right before we all de-boarded at JFK. They had a guy leave the flight before the rest of us, and then as I was walking off the plane I saw him being put in handcuffs and led off the outside door of the jet bridge.
December 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I suspect that ICE just took someone off of my flight right before we all de-boarded at JFK. They had a guy leave the flight before the rest of us, and then as I was walking off the plane I saw him being put in handcuffs and led off the outside door of the jet bridge.
All 50 states introduced AI legislation this year because communities saw real risks. Federal preemption doesn't eliminate those risks. It just moves the conversation away from the people most affected.
Trump signs AI executive order pushing to ban state laws
Trump signs AI executive order pushing to ban state laws
States with AI laws could lose federal broadband funding
buff.ly
December 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
All 50 states introduced AI legislation this year because communities saw real risks. Federal preemption doesn't eliminate those risks. It just moves the conversation away from the people most affected.
Reposted by Kate O'Neill
it's so funny seeing the hucksters of AI simultaneously have to argue with the public that anything made with it is actually just as much hard work to create as ever and to the investors that it makes everything effortless and removes all need for work at all
December 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
it's so funny seeing the hucksters of AI simultaneously have to argue with the public that anything made with it is actually just as much hard work to create as ever and to the investors that it makes everything effortless and removes all need for work at all
This seems like a good time to remind folks, for no particular reason whatsoever, that #TheTechHumanistShow has a fantastic episode about #Netflix that's an interview (by me) of Dr. Joel Mier*
*we are both "Netflix Originals" (i.e. first 100 employees)
www.thetechhumanist.com/2024/09/17/b...
*we are both "Netflix Originals" (i.e. first 100 employees)
www.thetechhumanist.com/2024/09/17/b...
Binging Netflix with Dr. Joel Mier – The Tech Humanist Show
www.thetechhumanist.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This seems like a good time to remind folks, for no particular reason whatsoever, that #TheTechHumanistShow has a fantastic episode about #Netflix that's an interview (by me) of Dr. Joel Mier*
*we are both "Netflix Originals" (i.e. first 100 employees)
www.thetechhumanist.com/2024/09/17/b...
*we are both "Netflix Originals" (i.e. first 100 employees)
www.thetechhumanist.com/2024/09/17/b...
Reposted by Kate O'Neill
Kate continues to refill my cup in this industry and to take it on with an optimistic bent. Her consistent, tech-humanist angling was helpful to me long before the AI hype and talks like this are even more imperative in these cycles.
See what you think!
See what you think!
Excited to share this TEDx talk with you about AI, a precocious 7-year-old me, and a book, and why all of that matters:
youtu.be/7fHjbqWRL4E?si
Please, pretty please: like, love, share widely 💙🙏
youtu.be/7fHjbqWRL4E?si
Please, pretty please: like, love, share widely 💙🙏
We cannot leave meaning up to machines | Kate O'Neill | TEDxWalden Pond
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Kate continues to refill my cup in this industry and to take it on with an optimistic bent. Her consistent, tech-humanist angling was helpful to me long before the AI hype and talks like this are even more imperative in these cycles.
See what you think!
See what you think!
Excited to share this TEDx talk with you about AI, a precocious 7-year-old me, and a book, and why all of that matters:
youtu.be/7fHjbqWRL4E?si
Please, pretty please: like, love, share widely 💙🙏
youtu.be/7fHjbqWRL4E?si
Please, pretty please: like, love, share widely 💙🙏
We cannot leave meaning up to machines | Kate O'Neill | TEDxWalden Pond
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Excited to share this TEDx talk with you about AI, a precocious 7-year-old me, and a book, and why all of that matters:
youtu.be/7fHjbqWRL4E?si
Please, pretty please: like, love, share widely 💙🙏
youtu.be/7fHjbqWRL4E?si
Please, pretty please: like, love, share widely 💙🙏
How a sports team's approach to AI models collaboration | Christa Stout on The Tech Humanist Show
youtube.com/shorts/n74RY...
youtube.com/shorts/n74RY...
How a sports team's approach to AI models collaboration | Christa Stout on The Tech Humanist Show
YouTube video by Kate O'Neill | The Tech Humanist
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November 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
How a sports team's approach to AI models collaboration | Christa Stout on The Tech Humanist Show
youtube.com/shorts/n74RY...
youtube.com/shorts/n74RY...
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Instead of reading weird pseudo-journalistic nightmare fuel, have you tried videos of watching dogs getting spa baths
November 23, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Instead of reading weird pseudo-journalistic nightmare fuel, have you tried videos of watching dogs getting spa baths
I hope Tom from MySpace is living a beautiful life
November 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I hope Tom from MySpace is living a beautiful life
Reposted by Kate O'Neill
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
Reposted by Kate O'Neill
someone went up to sarah mcbride in front of the u.s. congress, hurled her deadname at her loudly and called her a pedophile repeatedly, posted video of the exchange to x, and it is now going wildly viral
i will not share the video
but if you’re not speaking up about this, you’re hurting yourself
i will not share the video
but if you’re not speaking up about this, you’re hurting yourself
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
someone went up to sarah mcbride in front of the u.s. congress, hurled her deadname at her loudly and called her a pedophile repeatedly, posted video of the exchange to x, and it is now going wildly viral
i will not share the video
but if you’re not speaking up about this, you’re hurting yourself
i will not share the video
but if you’re not speaking up about this, you’re hurting yourself
Can technology & ancestral wisdom join forces to save the planet—and spark a new era of human flourishing?
In the latest episode of #TheTechHumanistShow, Chief Strategist for COP30 & climate negotiator Tulio Andrade joins me for a mind-expanding conversation, from the heart of #COP30 in the Amazon.
In the latest episode of #TheTechHumanistShow, Chief Strategist for COP30 & climate negotiator Tulio Andrade joins me for a mind-expanding conversation, from the heart of #COP30 in the Amazon.
Inside COP30 with Tulio Andrade: Digital Tools, Human Judgment, and the Road to 2035 – The Tech Humanist Show
www.thetechhumanist.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Can technology & ancestral wisdom join forces to save the planet—and spark a new era of human flourishing?
In the latest episode of #TheTechHumanistShow, Chief Strategist for COP30 & climate negotiator Tulio Andrade joins me for a mind-expanding conversation, from the heart of #COP30 in the Amazon.
In the latest episode of #TheTechHumanistShow, Chief Strategist for COP30 & climate negotiator Tulio Andrade joins me for a mind-expanding conversation, from the heart of #COP30 in the Amazon.
Power just went out at our hotel in Barcelona during a storm. I’m having breakfast in the restaurant of this very international hotel, and when the room went dark, all of the other guests in unison went “wooo.” Humans are pretty much the same wherever you go.
November 6, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Power just went out at our hotel in Barcelona during a storm. I’m having breakfast in the restaurant of this very international hotel, and when the room went dark, all of the other guests in unison went “wooo.” Humans are pretty much the same wherever you go.
New episode: Dr. @carissaveliz.bsky.social on why privacy is power — and how to build AI that protects dignity and democracy.
Listen:
www.thetechhumanist.com/2025/10/25/d...
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open.spotify.com/show/1NSOUmN...
#TheTechHumanistShow #PrivacyIsPower #AIEthics
Listen:
www.thetechhumanist.com/2025/10/25/d...
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#TheTechHumanistShow #PrivacyIsPower #AIEthics
October 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
New episode: Dr. @carissaveliz.bsky.social on why privacy is power — and how to build AI that protects dignity and democracy.
Listen:
www.thetechhumanist.com/2025/10/25/d...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
open.spotify.com/show/1NSOUmN...
#TheTechHumanistShow #PrivacyIsPower #AIEthics
Listen:
www.thetechhumanist.com/2025/10/25/d...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
open.spotify.com/show/1NSOUmN...
#TheTechHumanistShow #PrivacyIsPower #AIEthics
By sheer coincidence I'm speaking at 2 conferences 2 days in a row with a 'puppy playtime' break area
1) I love this trend, especially if it's in conjunction with a local shelter and helps raise funds (both of these have been)
2) It seems to be an open secret that we all need puppy time right now
1) I love this trend, especially if it's in conjunction with a local shelter and helps raise funds (both of these have been)
2) It seems to be an open secret that we all need puppy time right now
October 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
By sheer coincidence I'm speaking at 2 conferences 2 days in a row with a 'puppy playtime' break area
1) I love this trend, especially if it's in conjunction with a local shelter and helps raise funds (both of these have been)
2) It seems to be an open secret that we all need puppy time right now
1) I love this trend, especially if it's in conjunction with a local shelter and helps raise funds (both of these have been)
2) It seems to be an open secret that we all need puppy time right now