S03E01 - Cennydd Bowles - Can technology be neutral?

NOIS3 about Design

The guest of this podcast episode is an old friend of WUDRome, in fact, he was one of the speakers we met in the 2018 edition to discuss together the theme "Design for Good or Evil". It's been a few years but the debate about the political, social, and moral repercussions of progress is still relevant. Cennyd Bowles, author of "Future Ethics", returned to engage with us on an important topic: is technology neutral?

And why would people think that?

According to the first of Kranzberg's six laws, Technology "is neither good nor bad, nor is it neutral".

So what is the role of design? And if technology can prove to be a resource and a threat at the same time, what can we do to be in control? Our discussion in the company of Cennyd Bowles starts from here to reflect on the tools we already have and the journey to follow.

Enjoy listening to S03E01 “Can technology be neutral?”

RESOURCES AND NOTES

• Cennydd Bowles – Future Ethics
• Ariel Guerzenvaig – The Goods of Design
• Pavani Reddy – Ethical Product Development
• IEEE - Ethically Aligned Design v2
• Kat Zhou - designethically.com
• ethicalexplorer.org

CENNYDD BOWLES BIO

Cennydd Bowles is a designer and futurist with twenty years of experience advising companies including Twitter, Samsung, Orange, and the BBC. He is the author of Future Ethics and head of responsible design and innovation studio NowNext.

SOCIAL LINKS

https://twitter.com/cennydd

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