Michael Bąk
@myklbak.bsky.social
Policy & human rights | passionate about social development, tech policy, SE Asia, governance, LGBTI | making something of this one wild & precious life | democracy | author of www.margin-notes-squared.com newsletter on decolonising tech policy
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Always finding out abt amazing tech & human rights & democracy events 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 they happen in Asia?
I did too — so I built a calendar. Published weekly.
Webinars, conferences, NGO stuff — all in one place.
Get it via my newsletter: www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/events-fro...
#GlobalMajority #AI #Tech
I did too — so I built a calendar. Published weekly.
Webinars, conferences, NGO stuff — all in one place.
Get it via my newsletter: www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/events-fro...
#GlobalMajority #AI #Tech
Events^ from the Rest of Us (06.11.25)
Policy-shaping knowledge moments from outside the mainstream
www.margin-notes-squared.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Always finding out abt amazing tech & human rights & democracy events 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 they happen in Asia?
I did too — so I built a calendar. Published weekly.
Webinars, conferences, NGO stuff — all in one place.
Get it via my newsletter: www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/events-fro...
#GlobalMajority #AI #Tech
I did too — so I built a calendar. Published weekly.
Webinars, conferences, NGO stuff — all in one place.
Get it via my newsletter: www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/events-fro...
#GlobalMajority #AI #Tech
Are genAI models giving us what they 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 we want to see?
And if so, what happens when billions of people experience subtly different versions of reality — each one curated for them alone?
My latest 𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝: 2 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 (always <2 mins): ⬇︎⬇︎⬇︎
👉 www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/are-we-eac...
And if so, what happens when billions of people experience subtly different versions of reality — each one curated for them alone?
My latest 𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝: 2 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 (always <2 mins): ⬇︎⬇︎⬇︎
👉 www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/are-we-eac...
Are We Each Living in Our Own AI Reality?
< Unbounded: 2 Mins Edgewise
www.margin-notes-squared.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Are genAI models giving us what they 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 we want to see?
And if so, what happens when billions of people experience subtly different versions of reality — each one curated for them alone?
My latest 𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝: 2 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 (always <2 mins): ⬇︎⬇︎⬇︎
👉 www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/are-we-eac...
And if so, what happens when billions of people experience subtly different versions of reality — each one curated for them alone?
My latest 𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝: 2 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 (always <2 mins): ⬇︎⬇︎⬇︎
👉 www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/are-we-eac...
Concerned about technocolonialism and the new digital cold war.
I write about Indonesia's Soekarno's 1955 Bandung Asian-African Conference, how the past is prologue, and how we need a Bandung 2.ai now!
Read more here: www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/bandung-2ai
I write about Indonesia's Soekarno's 1955 Bandung Asian-African Conference, how the past is prologue, and how we need a Bandung 2.ai now!
Read more here: www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/bandung-2ai
Bandung 2.ai
Non-Aligned and Sovereign, in the Age of Technocolonialism
www.margin-notes-squared.com
September 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Concerned about technocolonialism and the new digital cold war.
I write about Indonesia's Soekarno's 1955 Bandung Asian-African Conference, how the past is prologue, and how we need a Bandung 2.ai now!
Read more here: www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/bandung-2ai
I write about Indonesia's Soekarno's 1955 Bandung Asian-African Conference, how the past is prologue, and how we need a Bandung 2.ai now!
Read more here: www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/bandung-2ai
🌏 Why does tech knowledge always flow from the North?
Why is the periphery made to be the adopter, never the leader.
Time to translate from the margins in and build a knowledge ecosystem.
✍️ My latest piece: www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/translatin...
#AI #GlobalSouth #TechPolicy #SoutheastAsia
Why is the periphery made to be the adopter, never the leader.
Time to translate from the margins in and build a knowledge ecosystem.
✍️ My latest piece: www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/translatin...
#AI #GlobalSouth #TechPolicy #SoutheastAsia
Translating, from the Margins In
Thoughts on a Sovereign Southeast Asian Knowledge Ecosystem
www.margin-notes-squared.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🌏 Why does tech knowledge always flow from the North?
Why is the periphery made to be the adopter, never the leader.
Time to translate from the margins in and build a knowledge ecosystem.
✍️ My latest piece: www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/translatin...
#AI #GlobalSouth #TechPolicy #SoutheastAsia
Why is the periphery made to be the adopter, never the leader.
Time to translate from the margins in and build a knowledge ecosystem.
✍️ My latest piece: www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/translatin...
#AI #GlobalSouth #TechPolicy #SoutheastAsia
Part 2 is out!! I've unpacked 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄100’𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐈 2025 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭 and these headline stats tell only part of the story.
👉 Full analysis of TIME's leaders, innovators, shapers, and thinkers (w/charts+graphs): www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/part-2-whe...
#AI #AIethics #Time100 #Tech
👉 Full analysis of TIME's leaders, innovators, shapers, and thinkers (w/charts+graphs): www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/part-2-whe...
#AI #AIethics #Time100 #Tech
September 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Part 2 is out!! I've unpacked 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄100’𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐈 2025 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭 and these headline stats tell only part of the story.
👉 Full analysis of TIME's leaders, innovators, shapers, and thinkers (w/charts+graphs): www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/part-2-whe...
#AI #AIethics #Time100 #Tech
👉 Full analysis of TIME's leaders, innovators, shapers, and thinkers (w/charts+graphs): www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/part-2-whe...
#AI #AIethics #Time100 #Tech
I can’t resist a good “Top 100” list. But I wonder — what story do these lists tell us?
They work like algorithms — ranking, sorting, and deciding who gets seen.
TIME100, it turns out, doesn’t look like my world.
👉 Read Part 1 of my report here: www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/part-1-whe...
#AI
They work like algorithms — ranking, sorting, and deciding who gets seen.
TIME100, it turns out, doesn’t look like my world.
👉 Read Part 1 of my report here: www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/part-1-whe...
#AI
September 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I can’t resist a good “Top 100” list. But I wonder — what story do these lists tell us?
They work like algorithms — ranking, sorting, and deciding who gets seen.
TIME100, it turns out, doesn’t look like my world.
👉 Read Part 1 of my report here: www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/part-1-whe...
#AI
They work like algorithms — ranking, sorting, and deciding who gets seen.
TIME100, it turns out, doesn’t look like my world.
👉 Read Part 1 of my report here: www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/part-1-whe...
#AI
What would it look like to write a 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆’𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, as it unfolds, in real time?
The latest 𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝: 2 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 is here.
Think of it as a healthy, 2-min snack for the brain!
👉🏽 www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/a-peoples-...
#AI #tech #AIgovernance #civilsociety
The latest 𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝: 2 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 is here.
Think of it as a healthy, 2-min snack for the brain!
👉🏽 www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/a-peoples-...
#AI #tech #AIgovernance #civilsociety
September 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
What would it look like to write a 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆’𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, as it unfolds, in real time?
The latest 𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝: 2 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 is here.
Think of it as a healthy, 2-min snack for the brain!
👉🏽 www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/a-peoples-...
#AI #tech #AIgovernance #civilsociety
The latest 𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝: 2 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 is here.
Think of it as a healthy, 2-min snack for the brain!
👉🏽 www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/a-peoples-...
#AI #tech #AIgovernance #civilsociety
While the narrative may imply that we depend on big tech, the reality is they depend on us. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝.
www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/who-capaci...
#AI #AIgovernance #technocolonialism #digitalcolonialism #humanrights #Restofworld
www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/who-capaci...
#AI #AIgovernance #technocolonialism #digitalcolonialism #humanrights #Restofworld
Who Capacitates Whom?
Considerations on the New Digital Colonialism
www.margin-notes-squared.com
September 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
While the narrative may imply that we depend on big tech, the reality is they depend on us. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝.
www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/who-capaci...
#AI #AIgovernance #technocolonialism #digitalcolonialism #humanrights #Restofworld
www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/who-capaci...
#AI #AIgovernance #technocolonialism #digitalcolonialism #humanrights #Restofworld
A Dayak activist. A Taiwanese student. A Javanese protester. A Thai man navigating HIV stigma.
Each turns to AI for support — and gets gaslit.
Fictional stories, real risks as US tech panders to the far right.
Read my dispatch:
www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/americas-w...
#AI #Meta #Woke #AIharms
Each turns to AI for support — and gets gaslit.
Fictional stories, real risks as US tech panders to the far right.
Read my dispatch:
www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/americas-w...
#AI #Meta #Woke #AIharms
America’s War with ‘Woke’
New AI Harms for the Global Majority
www.margin-notes-squared.com
August 17, 2025 at 5:58 AM
A Dayak activist. A Taiwanese student. A Javanese protester. A Thai man navigating HIV stigma.
Each turns to AI for support — and gets gaslit.
Fictional stories, real risks as US tech panders to the far right.
Read my dispatch:
www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/americas-w...
#AI #Meta #Woke #AIharms
Each turns to AI for support — and gets gaslit.
Fictional stories, real risks as US tech panders to the far right.
Read my dispatch:
www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/americas-w...
#AI #Meta #Woke #AIharms
OpenAI bought the labour of the US federal workforce for a buck to “𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘈𝘐 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥.” 3M federal workers, many accessing and processing sensitive citizen info.
This is how AI technocolonialism begins.
Explained in 2 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞:
www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/unbounded-...
#AI #tech
This is how AI technocolonialism begins.
Explained in 2 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞:
www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/unbounded-...
#AI #tech
Unbounded: 2 Mins Edgewise
Global South: Beware the $1 AI Trap
www.margin-notes-squared.com
August 13, 2025 at 5:48 AM
OpenAI bought the labour of the US federal workforce for a buck to “𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘈𝘐 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥.” 3M federal workers, many accessing and processing sensitive citizen info.
This is how AI technocolonialism begins.
Explained in 2 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞:
www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/unbounded-...
#AI #tech
This is how AI technocolonialism begins.
Explained in 2 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞:
www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/unbounded-...
#AI #tech
Indonesia’s draft AI Roadmap (196p!) + Ethics Guidelines: public consult only 8–22 Aug!
10 biz days too short for real participation & allows big tech 2 dominate. AI is political — needs time & inclusion.
Global Majority Govts: do better, lead better, include better.
#AI #AIethics #indonesia
10 biz days too short for real participation & allows big tech 2 dominate. AI is political — needs time & inclusion.
Global Majority Govts: do better, lead better, include better.
#AI #AIethics #indonesia
www.komdigi.go.id
August 11, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Indonesia’s draft AI Roadmap (196p!) + Ethics Guidelines: public consult only 8–22 Aug!
10 biz days too short for real participation & allows big tech 2 dominate. AI is political — needs time & inclusion.
Global Majority Govts: do better, lead better, include better.
#AI #AIethics #indonesia
10 biz days too short for real participation & allows big tech 2 dominate. AI is political — needs time & inclusion.
Global Majority Govts: do better, lead better, include better.
#AI #AIethics #indonesia
It was "about that time" a LONG time ago. Better late than never.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
#Palestine #EndGazaGenocide
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
#Palestine #EndGazaGenocide
UN experts call for immediate dismantling of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed grave concern over the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s (GHF) operations, saying Palestinians are paying the ultimate price of the international community’s legal, p...
www.ohchr.org
August 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
It was "about that time" a LONG time ago. Better late than never.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
#Palestine #EndGazaGenocide
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
#Palestine #EndGazaGenocide
My latest 𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝: 𝟐 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 is both fiery and hopeful. I make the case for Clause 0 — a vital initiative by Asma Derja and the Ethical AI Alliance that demands a non-negotiable line in AI ethics:
www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/unbounded-...
#Gaza #AIethics #Clause0 #HumanRights
www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/unbounded-...
#Gaza #AIethics #Clause0 #HumanRights
Unbounded: 2 Mins Edgewise
Clause 0: AI ethics Gaza proves we need
www.margin-notes-squared.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:48 AM
My latest 𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝: 𝟐 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 is both fiery and hopeful. I make the case for Clause 0 — a vital initiative by Asma Derja and the Ethical AI Alliance that demands a non-negotiable line in AI ethics:
www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/unbounded-...
#Gaza #AIethics #Clause0 #HumanRights
www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/unbounded-...
#Gaza #AIethics #Clause0 #HumanRights
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝.
From refugee camps to border zones, biometric tech is sold as efficient — but imposed without real consent. With real harms.
These aren’t neutral tools. They’re political.
New post: www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/displaced-...
#DataJustice #Refugees #AI #AIethics #UNHCR
From refugee camps to border zones, biometric tech is sold as efficient — but imposed without real consent. With real harms.
These aren’t neutral tools. They’re political.
New post: www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/displaced-...
#DataJustice #Refugees #AI #AIethics #UNHCR
Displaced and Datafied
Biometrics and the contested politics of humanitarian tech
www.margin-notes-squared.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:24 AM
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝.
From refugee camps to border zones, biometric tech is sold as efficient — but imposed without real consent. With real harms.
These aren’t neutral tools. They’re political.
New post: www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/displaced-...
#DataJustice #Refugees #AI #AIethics #UNHCR
From refugee camps to border zones, biometric tech is sold as efficient — but imposed without real consent. With real harms.
These aren’t neutral tools. They’re political.
New post: www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/displaced-...
#DataJustice #Refugees #AI #AIethics #UNHCR
New tech often sparks moral panic: Victorians that the telegraph would lead to social isolation or Socrates that writing would erode brain power. BUT it is unusual for innovators to panic, never mind pressing on despite their misgivings.
www.economist.com/briefing/202...
#AI #EthicalAI #Tech
www.economist.com/briefing/202...
#AI #EthicalAI #Tech
AI labs’ all-or-nothing race leaves no time to fuss about safety
They have ideas about how to restrain wayward models, but worry that doing so will disadvantage them
www.economist.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:27 AM
New tech often sparks moral panic: Victorians that the telegraph would lead to social isolation or Socrates that writing would erode brain power. BUT it is unusual for innovators to panic, never mind pressing on despite their misgivings.
www.economist.com/briefing/202...
#AI #EthicalAI #Tech
www.economist.com/briefing/202...
#AI #EthicalAI #Tech
Another deadly example of too much power in the hands of rich tech bros ...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
#Starlink #SpaceX #techbro #Ukraine
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
#Starlink #SpaceX #techbro #Ukraine
Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine retook territory from Russia
Soldiers panicked and drones surveilling Russian forces went dark.
www.reuters.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Another deadly example of too much power in the hands of rich tech bros ...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
#Starlink #SpaceX #techbro #Ukraine
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
#Starlink #SpaceX #techbro #Ukraine
“𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 – 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬," a reader wrote me recently abt my approach to tech.
❌ We are not users, metrics or data points to be optimised.
✅ We are citizens, with agency, rights and claims.
Read the piece she inspired: www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/citizen-co...
#AI #Tech #HR
❌ We are not users, metrics or data points to be optimised.
✅ We are citizens, with agency, rights and claims.
Read the piece she inspired: www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/citizen-co...
#AI #Tech #HR
Citizen, Consumer, Person, User
Language matters in talking about technology, power, and responsibility
www.margin-notes-squared.com
July 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
“𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 – 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬," a reader wrote me recently abt my approach to tech.
❌ We are not users, metrics or data points to be optimised.
✅ We are citizens, with agency, rights and claims.
Read the piece she inspired: www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/citizen-co...
#AI #Tech #HR
❌ We are not users, metrics or data points to be optimised.
✅ We are citizens, with agency, rights and claims.
Read the piece she inspired: www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/citizen-co...
#AI #Tech #HR
Ever felt uneasy watching the joy, friction, and serendipity of daily life get engineered away? Tech crowding out culture? This one’s for you.
👉 Read my latest newsletter article: “Let’s be Inefficient!”
www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/lets-be-in...
#AIethics #Tech #Governance #SDGs #Culture
👉 Read my latest newsletter article: “Let’s be Inefficient!”
www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/lets-be-in...
#AIethics #Tech #Governance #SDGs #Culture
Let’s Be Inefficient (Seriously!)
Tech, Culture and the Risks of Optimising Everything
www.margin-notes-squared.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Ever felt uneasy watching the joy, friction, and serendipity of daily life get engineered away? Tech crowding out culture? This one’s for you.
👉 Read my latest newsletter article: “Let’s be Inefficient!”
www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/lets-be-in...
#AIethics #Tech #Governance #SDGs #Culture
👉 Read my latest newsletter article: “Let’s be Inefficient!”
www.margin-notes-squared.com/p/lets-be-in...
#AIethics #Tech #Governance #SDGs #Culture
My new piece in Asia Times: Trump is killing civic participation in global tech governance.
AI: geopolitical flashpoint
USAID: gone
CSOs: defunded
📰 asiatimes.com/2025/07/trum...
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#AI #TechGovernance #CivicTech #USAID #AIethics
AI: geopolitical flashpoint
USAID: gone
CSOs: defunded
📰 asiatimes.com/2025/07/trum...
🧠 Subscribe to www.margin-notes-squared.com for more deep dives
#AI #TechGovernance #CivicTech #USAID #AIethics
July 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
My new piece in Asia Times: Trump is killing civic participation in global tech governance.
AI: geopolitical flashpoint
USAID: gone
CSOs: defunded
📰 asiatimes.com/2025/07/trum...
🧠 Subscribe to www.margin-notes-squared.com for more deep dives
#AI #TechGovernance #CivicTech #USAID #AIethics
AI: geopolitical flashpoint
USAID: gone
CSOs: defunded
📰 asiatimes.com/2025/07/trum...
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#AI #TechGovernance #CivicTech #USAID #AIethics
🇺🇸 US demands visa applicants make social media profiles public. This is ideological profiling.
By normalizing digital surveillance, US undermines rights and chills dissent.
I explain in my latest opinion piece:
🔗 asiatimes.com/2025/07/will...
#techpolicy #digitalsafety #humanrights #visas
By normalizing digital surveillance, US undermines rights and chills dissent.
I explain in my latest opinion piece:
🔗 asiatimes.com/2025/07/will...
#techpolicy #digitalsafety #humanrights #visas
Will speech for visa access become a global phenomenon? - Asia Times
Last week, the US Embassy in Bangkok posted an image to its official Twitter/X and Facebook accounts instructing people who wish to apply for visas to set
asiatimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🇺🇸 US demands visa applicants make social media profiles public. This is ideological profiling.
By normalizing digital surveillance, US undermines rights and chills dissent.
I explain in my latest opinion piece:
🔗 asiatimes.com/2025/07/will...
#techpolicy #digitalsafety #humanrights #visas
By normalizing digital surveillance, US undermines rights and chills dissent.
I explain in my latest opinion piece:
🔗 asiatimes.com/2025/07/will...
#techpolicy #digitalsafety #humanrights #visas
Great work from @yaeleisenstat.bsky.social and team! Keep it up.
We partnered with these amazing legal, privacy & tech accountability experts on an amicus brief for a case about how Meta’s design choices allegedly harmed kids. At Cybersecurity for Democracy, we conduct scientific research to show how these systems work & what accountability can look like. More 👇🏼
EPIC led a coalition of legal scholars including @commonsensemedia.bsky.social, Cybersecurity for Democracy, and Tech Justice Law Project to file a Ninth Circuit amicus brief arguing against Meta’s use of Section 230 to shield itself from lawsuits. 🧵 #Meta #SocialMedia #Section230
July 3, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Great work from @yaeleisenstat.bsky.social and team! Keep it up.
My latest in @techpolicypress.bsky.social :
Drawing on examples as diverse as Malaysia, Aotearoa New Zealand, & Indigenous North America, I consider the moral lighthouse: a values-based guide to policymaking that centers justice, dignity, and human flourishing.
#AI #technology #AIethics
Drawing on examples as diverse as Malaysia, Aotearoa New Zealand, & Indigenous North America, I consider the moral lighthouse: a values-based guide to policymaking that centers justice, dignity, and human flourishing.
#AI #technology #AIethics
If AI deepens inequality, disempowers people, or displaces civic participation, it is not delivering the future we want—no matter how advanced the technology may be, or how much money some individuals can make from it, writes Michael L. Bąk.
The Moral Lighthouse: Artificial Intelligence and the World We Want | TechPolicy.Press
If AI deepens inequality, disempowers people, or displaces civic participation, it is not contributing to the future we want, writes Michael L. Bąk.
www.techpolicy.press
June 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
My latest in @techpolicypress.bsky.social :
Drawing on examples as diverse as Malaysia, Aotearoa New Zealand, & Indigenous North America, I consider the moral lighthouse: a values-based guide to policymaking that centers justice, dignity, and human flourishing.
#AI #technology #AIethics
Drawing on examples as diverse as Malaysia, Aotearoa New Zealand, & Indigenous North America, I consider the moral lighthouse: a values-based guide to policymaking that centers justice, dignity, and human flourishing.
#AI #technology #AIethics
New Pope Leo XIV says he chose his name inspired by Leo XIII's landmark encyclical addressing the social question of the Industrial Revolution. Now he aims to tackle today's AI-driven revolution, defending human dignity, justice, and labor rights.
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
#AI #Pope #Vatican
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
#AI #Pope #Vatican
Address of the Holy Father to the College of Cardinals (10 May 2025) | LEO XIV
Address of the Holy Father to the College of Cardinals, 10 May 2025
www.vatican.va
May 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
New Pope Leo XIV says he chose his name inspired by Leo XIII's landmark encyclical addressing the social question of the Industrial Revolution. Now he aims to tackle today's AI-driven revolution, defending human dignity, justice, and labor rights.
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
#AI #Pope #Vatican
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
#AI #Pope #Vatican
Interesting new research from Berkman Klein Center Fellow Fay Johnson that has produced a new AI-powered civility overlay for Bluesky ... called CLR:SKY!
Definitely a tool to help nudge more people to engage online with kindness and respect.
More here: cyber.harvard.edu/story/2025-0...
Definitely a tool to help nudge more people to engage online with kindness and respect.
More here: cyber.harvard.edu/story/2025-0...
ASML Fellow Launches CLR:SKY
I am grateful to have been part of the first cohort of fellows at the Applied Social Media Lab at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. Over the past six months, my fellowship has f...
cyber.harvard.edu
April 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Interesting new research from Berkman Klein Center Fellow Fay Johnson that has produced a new AI-powered civility overlay for Bluesky ... called CLR:SKY!
Definitely a tool to help nudge more people to engage online with kindness and respect.
More here: cyber.harvard.edu/story/2025-0...
Definitely a tool to help nudge more people to engage online with kindness and respect.
More here: cyber.harvard.edu/story/2025-0...