Podcast Episode: Wordle and the Web We Need
Deeplinks 2022-05-31
Summary:
Where is the internet we were promised? It feels like we’re dominated by megalithic, siloed platforms where users have little or no say over how their data is used and little recourse if they disagree, where direct interaction with users is seen as a bug to be fixed, and where art and creativity are just “content generation.”
But take a peek beyond those platforms and you can still find a thriving internet of millions who are empowered to control their own technology, art, and lives. Anil Dash, CEO of Glitch and an EFF board member, says this is where we start reclaiming the internet for individual agency, control, creativity, and connection to culture - especially among society’s most vulnerable and marginalized members.
Dash speaks with EFF's Cindy Cohn and Danny O’Brien about building more humane and inclusive technology, and leveraging love of art and culture into grassroots movements for an internet that truly belongs to us all.
This episode is also available on the Internet Archive.
In this episode you’ll learn about:
- What past and current social justice movements can teach us about reclaiming the internet
- The importance of clearly understanding and describing what we want—and don’t want—from technology
- Energizing people in artistic and fandom communities to become activists for better technology
- Tech workers’ potential power over what their employers do
- How Wordle might be a window into a healthier web
Anil Dash is CEO of Glitch, the friendly developer community where coders collaborate to create and share millions of web apps, and a longtime entrepreneur and writer focused upon how technology can transform society, media, the arts, government, and culture. In addition to serving on EFF’s board, he serves on the boards of The Markup, a nonprofit investigative newsroom pushing for tech accountability; Data & Society Research Institute, which researches the cutting edge of tech's impact on society; and the Lower East Side Girls Club, which serves girls and families in need in New York City. He was an advisor to the Obama White House’s Office of Digital Strategy, served for a decade on the board of Stack Overflow, the world’s largest community for coders, and today advises key startups and non-profits including Medium, The Human Utility, DonorsChoose and Project Include.
Music:
Music for How to Fix the Internet was created for us by Reed Mathis and Nat Keefe of BeatMower.
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