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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 7, 2006
Asking the Wrong Questions Michael Gilbert is a fascinating observer of the application of technology to social objectives. I quite enjoyed a recent article of his looking at technocentric approaches to technology assessment. As a techie, I have to keep reminding myself of these issues!
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 5, 2006
Four Big Questions about the Future of the Web I am part of supporting Compumentor's big NetSquared event, and they asked me to answer four key questions about the future of the web and the nonprofit sector. I'll just quote the last question and my answer, because these are really critical issues! What's the bad news?
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 1, 2014
Julie and Aaron Firestone, our Director of Business Development, will be helping take attendees through key questions about a new tech social enterprise. My goal is to give attendees (in addition to Presidio students and alums, this class is also open to the public) an inside look at how Benetech analyzes new tech social enterprises.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 4, 2011
Despite an audience of fellow statisticians, I chose to focus my talk more on the research questions and challenges posed by our work in human rights and less on the nuts and bolts of our statistical methods (though I did include a few equations and Greek letters!).
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 3, 2011
For example, to answer questions such as in which precinct do the most pedestrian stops occur? The second goal was a much tougher question – is there a racial bias in pedestrian stops? Researchers have been tackling this question, specifically in NYC, for well over a decade.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 25, 2016
Dina’s question was: why doesn’t this work most of the time? She and one of her graduate students demonstrated their Emerald technology, and it was the first time I’d seen this capability. I’m sure you remember the “Help I’ve Fallen and Can’t Get Up” TV commercial of late night fame. The Emerald approach is to do away with the thing you wear.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
The tough question that ran through my mind was: How can we as technologists in Silicon Valley help prevent this kind of atrocity? Delivering my opening remarks at the Martus'' 10th Anniversary A decade later, in 2003, Benetech —the nonprofit tech company I founded and lead—launched our Human Rights Program to address this very question.
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