Durable, Practical, and Tactical: What Practitioners Know about Good Social Technology in the Age…Information work in the digital era can sometimes feel like a complicated combination of “I warned you about that” and “darn, I wish I had…Apr 23, 2024Apr 23, 2024
tech and data and the coronavirusThe global pandemic is a crisis, and in a crisis, it’s all hands on deck. But I want to talk about after: after all this, what comes next?Mar 29, 2020Mar 29, 2020
Data Assets and Repugnant MarketsAcquisition and management of data assets is an enormous driver of social change. Recently I’ve been thinking about barriers (outside of…Aug 15, 2019Aug 15, 2019
Published inThe TiltSome Thoughts on AI and Human Rights(article has been edited and updated August 20, 2020)May 2, 2018A response icon1May 2, 2018A response icon1
The Doing Good Guidelines: take 1.A few days ago, I came across a handy guide to identifying a good investor that gives some clues about how any startup might like to…Nov 7, 2017Nov 7, 2017
The business of doing good: time is still money, it just takes a really long timeTime and patience, that is. And trail making.Oct 28, 2017Oct 28, 2017
The business of doing good: outcomes and valuesThe business of doing good, and social enterprise in particular, is based on the contention that there’s a better way to do things: that…Oct 28, 2017Oct 28, 2017
Business of doing good: Hybrids bring new ways of tackling big questionsSITU is a design, research and fabrication company in Brooklyn, NY. Founded by four architects in 2005, the practice is an LLC focused on…Oct 26, 2017Oct 26, 2017
The business of doing good: Brooklyn Navy YardThe first thing you notice about the Brooklyn Navy Yard is just how enormous it is. It is really, really large — 300 acres of land all on…Oct 24, 2017Oct 24, 2017
The business of doing good: Place-based initiative People’s LibertyAs far as place-based initiatives go, People’s Liberty feels a world away from traditional philanthropic efforts to invest in cities. Set…Oct 24, 2017Oct 24, 2017
