Swedish communication theorist born in Liberia • Writing about wellbeing, ethics and human rights in digital culture • https://t.co/ces0N4LWWK
Apr 6, 2022 • 22 tweets • 9 min read
A thread 🧵of content I've written, spoken, produced or hosted. I'll keep adding to it as I create new or remember more of the old. 😊
First out, as it can relate to most other things I’m making these days, is The Elements of Digital Ethics:
axbom.com/elements/
My talk on AI and Human Rights hosted by Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) has a full transcript, so you can choose to watch or read it. All the slides are available in this post as well.
When you look at the most common world map you are looking at a tool for navigation. As a tool for understanding what the world looks like it is awful. When we use tools in any profession we need to understand their limitations. The world map is my go-to example.
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The flat, visual portrayal of the world in two dimensions known as the Mercator Projection is commonplace in classrooms worldwide and often embedded in our unconscious as unquestionable truth. Children are not taught to question it, even by their teachers.
Sep 14, 2021 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
Struggling with an icon (as one does). The struggle here is that the check mark is common for "ok/ready/done". In Sweden it has historically been used to mark wrong answers on tests. The opposite, really. So now I need more understanding on how big of a conflict this really is.
Not looking for help Twitter guidance, just sharing a struggle that has roots in cultural differences where a small country is also heavily influenced by the culture of a bigger country with differing mental models.
Reminds me of my dissertation on translation in fiction.
A framework with a theoretical and philosophical foundation that also provides a toolkit for implementing the many ideas.
2. The Inclusive Safety Project by @epenzeymoog and team.
Makes digital spaces safer for everyone through centering survivors of domestic violence.
1. Last week I got this question from a consultancy: "Is it really necessary with Help functionality for this medical application? It is our assessment that UI should be built so a Help function is not needed."
I'm glad it wasn't asked to my face because I wanted to scream.
2. There are many people with both temporary and permanent cognitive impairments who need help in getting started and reminded. People with vision loss and a variety of neurological disorders are often helped by clear guidance and explanations.
Feb 16, 2021 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
1. I love the idea of Ikigai, but more so the original concept than the recent, western pop-version.
I bet many are familiar with the venn diagram showing the intersection of
* what you love
* what you are good at
* what the world needs and
* what you can be paid for
2. That diagram was originally just a concept for life purpose and not really related to Ikigai (at all)
The western, capitalist remake of course moved the focus away from human experience to growth of capital, as if these concepts are necessarily intertwined.
Feb 9, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
1: Today I have listened in on #Clubhouse rooms with participants who
* have speech impediments after traumatic brain injury (TBI)
* are deaf / hard-of-hearing
* are blind or have visual impairments
Here is what I have learned:
2: Rooms are much more inclusive when people who speak always start by saying “This is NAME” and when they are done speaking clearly say “I am done speaking.”
Here is why:
Aug 1, 2020 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
Does Google/Alphabet scan your messages in Gmail for showing targeted ads? No.
Does Google/Alphabet scan your messages in Gmail for other purposes? Yes.
Are there other risks with Gmail? Yes.
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The notion 'Gmail scans your e-mails to show ads' is still often being repeated as truth in articles and other reporting, even as Google announced in June 2017 that Consumer Gmail content would no longer be used or scanned for any ads personalisation.
Feel free to add your own favorites from any language.
1. Ingen ko på isen = No cow on the ice = No worries.
2. Ana ugglor i mossen = suspect owls in the bog (marsh) = I think there is something suspicious going on
Dec 16, 2019 • 30 tweets • 6 min read
1) In Digital Compassion I outline seven ways in which people experience negative impact from tech and digital services. Number six is what I call ”neglect of ecosystem”.
2) "Neclect of ecosystem" is harm based on the failure of an organisation to assume responsibility for people occupying the extended ecosystem necessary for the development and use of its services and products.
Dec 7, 2019 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
1) In 2008 a salmon (yes the fish) was put through an MRI scanner. The salmon was shown a series of photographs of humans in social situations, and asked to determine the emotion of the person in the photo (yes, really).
2) Running the data through SPM processing showed 3 significant voxels aranged along the midline of the salmon's brain.
He actually means what he says, even when people think that he's joking/exaggerating. Humans are in denial when "when confronted publicly with the unacceptable".
