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You’re a buggy machine, and it’s okay

Having a rough time with yourself after the holidays? Ate too much, can’t stick to the gym? It’s anot

5 min readNov 28, 2018

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You’re a buggy machine, and it’s okay

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Compassionate Technologies

#1: Sunday Newsletter

Dear Readers — It’s been over a year since April 2017, when I last wandered toward your inboxes on a Sunday morning. Since then, I’ve been…

2 min readAug 12, 2018

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Humanizing Tech

Part III: The Biology of Machines, the Chemistry of Transistors

Silicon is doped with a little bit of something special that alters its normal behavior.

6 min readApr 27, 2017

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Part III: The Biology of Machines, the Chemistry of Transistors

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Humanizing Tech

Part II: The Many Faces of a Neuron: Cell, Wire, and Computer

From a dense spaghetti-network of over 100 billion neurons and glial cells that the experience of consciousness arises.

7 min readApr 26, 2017

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Part II: The Many Faces of a Neuron: Cell, Wire, and Computer

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Humanizing Tech

Part I: The Mind of Matter, Delving into Consciousness

With conscious machines on the far horizon, there are so many ways to ask the question: what makes us, us?

7 min readApr 9, 2017

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Part I: The Mind of Matter, Delving into Consciousness

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Compassionate Technologies

Hunger, Syria, and CRISPR

Pontifax Ag puts $10M into Doudna’s Caribou Biosciences, meaning CRISPR in the form of GMOs will soon become a global reality.

4 min readApr 4, 2017

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Hunger, Syria, and CRISPR

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Humanizing Tech

Part IV: Transistor, Meet Neuron

The very real science behind Elon Musk’s investment in Neuralink.

7 min readApr 2, 2017

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Part IV: Transistor, Meet Neuron

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Compassionate Technologies

Algorithm Serves as Togolese ‘Village Elder’ for Flood Prediction

Using algorithms to predict floods and assign early action in Togo, West Africa

5 min readMar 28, 2017

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Algorithm Serves as Togolese ‘Village Elder’ for Flood Prediction

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Thrive Global

When You’ve Found Mr. Right, Will Your Phone Know Before You Do?

At the intersection of tech and dating.

5 min readFeb 14, 2017

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When You’ve Found Mr. Right, Will Your Phone Know Before You Do?

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Olivia Jeffers

Tech in China? The History You Need to Know in 5 Minutes (Part One)

5 min readFeb 7, 2017

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Tech in China? The History You Need to Know in 5 Minutes (Part One)

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Olivia Jeffers

Olivia Jeffers

Director of Compassionate Technologies, a research and publishing non-profit where cutting-edge tech meets the human experience → http://compassiona.tech

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