Lauren Celenza
@laurencza.bsky.social
Writer/Designer; Writes on tech, design, equity; Words in @fastcompany @forbes 💌 Newsletter: Tech Without Losing Your Soul laurencelenza.substack.com
I’m excited to share that I’ll be an interview journalist/moderator for this year’s UNFINISHED festival, celebrating art, design, democracy, & the work-in-progress of it all. Can't wait to learn from artists, designers, musicians, directors, & leaders worldwide.
https://unfinished.ro/
https://unfinished.ro/
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unfinished.ro
July 12, 2023 at 12:30 AM
I’m excited to share that I’ll be an interview journalist/moderator for this year’s UNFINISHED festival, celebrating art, design, democracy, & the work-in-progress of it all. Can't wait to learn from artists, designers, musicians, directors, & leaders worldwide.
https://unfinished.ro/
https://unfinished.ro/
Raise your hand if you’ve been personally victimized by all this Barbie marketing
July 9, 2023 at 3:41 PM
Raise your hand if you’ve been personally victimized by all this Barbie marketing
I've seen job titles like Historian and Futurist, but what's the title for being here and now
July 5, 2023 at 11:38 PM
I've seen job titles like Historian and Futurist, but what's the title for being here and now
find me on the spilling blue sky mastodon, but really, afk irl bye
July 4, 2023 at 3:07 AM
find me on the spilling blue sky mastodon, but really, afk irl bye
My parents recently bought a home in South Carolina and I suggested the idea of planting a palm tree in their yard as a celebratory family reunion thing after years of separation but their HOA won’t let us
July 2, 2023 at 9:44 PM
My parents recently bought a home in South Carolina and I suggested the idea of planting a palm tree in their yard as a celebratory family reunion thing after years of separation but their HOA won’t let us
Has anyone seen a photo of one of those living rooms with a conversational pit with people sitting in them?
June 25, 2023 at 7:10 PM
Has anyone seen a photo of one of those living rooms with a conversational pit with people sitting in them?
I think I need to stop watching Black Mirror right before bedtime
June 19, 2023 at 5:46 AM
I think I need to stop watching Black Mirror right before bedtime
Reposted by Lauren Celenza
Wrote about the possibility that the tech industry’s investment in trust and safety has already peaked — and is now on the decline. https://www.platformer.news/p/have-we-reached-peak-trust-and-safety
June 9, 2023 at 12:11 AM
Wrote about the possibility that the tech industry’s investment in trust and safety has already peaked — and is now on the decline. https://www.platformer.news/p/have-we-reached-peak-trust-and-safety
One of the best parts about Joan Didion's essays is that you can read a short excerpt out of context and still be captivated by the plot presented within just a couple of sentences.
June 6, 2023 at 6:11 AM
One of the best parts about Joan Didion's essays is that you can read a short excerpt out of context and still be captivated by the plot presented within just a couple of sentences.
My airpods just fell out of my ears and into a can of gray paint
May 30, 2023 at 12:52 AM
My airpods just fell out of my ears and into a can of gray paint
Excited for this new issue of Logic(s) magazine.
Move slow and heal things.
https://logicmag.io/supa-dupa-skies/
Move slow and heal things.
https://logicmag.io/supa-dupa-skies/
supa dupa skies (move slow and heal things): Issue 19 | Logic(s) Magazine
This issue heralds the dawn of a new era for Logic(s) and we plan to do something very different than counting up falling sky Chicken Little style.
logicmag.io
May 25, 2023 at 5:16 PM
Excited for this new issue of Logic(s) magazine.
Move slow and heal things.
https://logicmag.io/supa-dupa-skies/
Move slow and heal things.
https://logicmag.io/supa-dupa-skies/
Reposted by Lauren Celenza
Amazing reporting from the Washington Post's Hannah Natanson, who looked at requests to ban books in more than 100 school districts across the country, and found that the majority of them were filed by .... 11 people.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/23/lgbtq-book-ban-challengers/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/23/lgbtq-book-ban-challengers/
May 23, 2023 at 2:40 PM
Amazing reporting from the Washington Post's Hannah Natanson, who looked at requests to ban books in more than 100 school districts across the country, and found that the majority of them were filed by .... 11 people.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/23/lgbtq-book-ban-challengers/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/23/lgbtq-book-ban-challengers/
I’m pretty sure I experience synesthesia and it truly is wild some days
May 23, 2023 at 6:00 PM
I’m pretty sure I experience synesthesia and it truly is wild some days
My name is not Loren
May 20, 2023 at 7:24 PM
My name is not Loren
How long does it take to get the invite codes tho lol
May 20, 2023 at 3:15 AM
How long does it take to get the invite codes tho lol
4. Focus on the people building AI systems — and the people affected by its release.
5. Offer strategic takes on products. "critiquing individual products can often generate more insight..."
6. Emphasize the tradeoffs involved.
7. Remember that nothing is inevitable.
2/3...
5. Offer strategic takes on products. "critiquing individual products can often generate more insight..."
6. Emphasize the tradeoffs involved.
7. Remember that nothing is inevitable.
2/3...
May 17, 2023 at 6:32 PM
4. Focus on the people building AI systems — and the people affected by its release.
5. Offer strategic takes on products. "critiquing individual products can often generate more insight..."
6. Emphasize the tradeoffs involved.
7. Remember that nothing is inevitable.
2/3...
5. Offer strategic takes on products. "critiquing individual products can often generate more insight..."
6. Emphasize the tradeoffs involved.
7. Remember that nothing is inevitable.
2/3...
I appreciate the seven principles for journalism in the age of AI by @caseynewton.bsky.social.
Also relevant when posting about AI on social media, whether you're a journalist or not:
1. Be rigorous with your definitions.
2. Predict less, explain more.
3. Don’t hype things up.
1/3...
Also relevant when posting about AI on social media, whether you're a journalist or not:
1. Be rigorous with your definitions.
2. Predict less, explain more.
3. Don’t hype things up.
1/3...
May 17, 2023 at 6:31 PM
I appreciate the seven principles for journalism in the age of AI by @caseynewton.bsky.social.
Also relevant when posting about AI on social media, whether you're a journalist or not:
1. Be rigorous with your definitions.
2. Predict less, explain more.
3. Don’t hype things up.
1/3...
Also relevant when posting about AI on social media, whether you're a journalist or not:
1. Be rigorous with your definitions.
2. Predict less, explain more.
3. Don’t hype things up.
1/3...
This is what meaningful AI regulation looks like. Workers, coming together, demanding change to the small handful of companies in control of technological advancement. The power of many.
https://time.com/6275995/chatgpt-facebook-african-workers-union/
https://time.com/6275995/chatgpt-facebook-african-workers-union/
150 AI Workers Vote to Unionize at Nairobi Meeting
More than 150 workers for Facebook, TikTok and ChatGPT pledged to establish the first African Content Moderators Union
time.com
May 16, 2023 at 12:49 AM
This is what meaningful AI regulation looks like. Workers, coming together, demanding change to the small handful of companies in control of technological advancement. The power of many.
https://time.com/6275995/chatgpt-facebook-african-workers-union/
https://time.com/6275995/chatgpt-facebook-african-workers-union/
How many email nudges is too many? Asking for my social anxiety.
May 9, 2023 at 10:04 PM
How many email nudges is too many? Asking for my social anxiety.
I've never had a more dramatic love/hate relationship than the one I have with my Apple airpods.
May 5, 2023 at 10:54 PM
I've never had a more dramatic love/hate relationship than the one I have with my Apple airpods.
new twitter who dis
May 5, 2023 at 6:35 PM
new twitter who dis