A presentation at World Usability Day 2019 in Berlin, Germany in in Berlin, Germany by Alexander Kluge
Es ist nicht möglich, dass Technologieunternehmen und technischer Fortschritt (von Hard- und Software) im Hinblick auf die Interessen der Bürger abgestimmt oder gar eingeschränkt wird. Diesen Eindruck bekommt man, wenn Techfirmen dieses und jenes (ethisch und menschlich Fragwürdiges) erlaubt wird. Dies führt zu scheinbarer Ohnmacht und Machtlosigkeit, weil es doch so convenient und bequem ist, diese Technologien zu nutzen.
Wie können digitale, Internet-befähigte Produkte und Services ethisch designt werden? Die Tools für ethisches Design existieren und auch der Zugang dazu.
Die Frage ist auch: In welcher digitalen Welt wollen wir leben (und warum sollten wir uns länger gefallen lassen, dass Riesenkonzerne unseren letzten globalen Spielplatz der Demokratie übernehmen und den Raum für unsere Sandburgen mit ihren uniformen Gebilden zerstören?) Eine Lösung ist das Agile Mini-Framework für Ethisches DIY-Design.
The following resources were mentioned during the presentation or are useful additional information.
Central hub of me (Alexander Kluge / alexanderkluge.org) where I reveal the magic behind the curtain 🙌
Contact me in the fediverse on my Mastodon instance
Ethical goods and services as well as a (soon to be) not-for-profit that is building tools for people to improve the quality of their lives, and strengthening the ideals of democracy, self-responsibility, identity awareness, open knowledge, and decentralization.
„Unsere vernetzten Alltagsgegenstände sind die Erweiterung unserer Persönlichkeit. Deshalb dürfen wir nicht zulassen, dass unsere persönlichen Daten abgegriffen werden.”
Im Prinzip geht es um den „immensen Machtungleichheit zwischen dem Einzelnen und Konzernen, und zwischen Bürgern und ihren Regierungen“ wie Aral Balka in „Wir sind alle Cyborgs” schreibt.
„The goal of The Universal Declaration of Cyborg rights is to extend the scope of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights so that it applies the protections of the human rights we already have to the extended boundaries of the self that people have in the age of networked digital technologies and the Internet.”
„Humans need food, sleep, safety, love, purpose. Psychologist Abraham Maslow ordered our needs into a hierarchy. This week, TED speakers explore that spectrum of need, from primal to profound.”
„A new paper investigates the real origins of Maslow’s pyramid.”
Technology that respects the human person is ethical. Moreover, ethical technology respects human (and cyborg) rights so it’s decentralized, private, open, interoperable, accessible, secure and sustainable.
Ethical technology respects human effort and therefore it’s functional, convenient and reliable.
And ethical technology respects human experience which makes it work like magic and delightful.
We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value:
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.
„Governmental control is nothing compared to what Google is up to. The company is creating a wholly new genus of capitalism, a systemic coherent new logic of accumulation we should call surveillance capitalism. Is there nothing we can do?”
Ethical, easy-to-use and privacy-conscious alternatives
„Glitch is the friendly community where everyone builds the web. Simple, powerful, free tools to create and use millions of apps.”
„Learn to code. Build projects. Earn certifications. Since 2014, more than 40,000 freeCodeCamp.org graduates have gotten jobs at tech companies including Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Spotify.”
„DEV is a community of 264,947 amazing humans who code.”
„Create your own free website. Unlimited creativity, zero ads. Neocities is a social network of 263,000 web sites that are bringing back the lost individual creativity of the web. We offer free static web hosting and tools that allow you to create your own web site. Join us!”
A German web hosting company for technical people (hackers, Shell lovers, Unix friends, privacy enthusiasts) and creatives in various fields (inventing, making, creating, writing, photography), by the Uberspace team which is Jonas, Andreas, Matthias, Moritz, Micoto, Kim, Natascha, Michael, Christian, Nicolas und Leah.
Indie is Aral Balkan and Laura Kalbag, two European designers who build things. Ind.ie is now Small Technology Foundation.
„Technology built by community, financed responsibly, and given away for free to the public.”
They’re building dat:// which is a peer-to-peer protocol.
The nonprofit behind Dat Foundation.
„Purism is the brainchild of our founder and CEO, Todd Weaver. In 2014, watching his daughters growing up, Todd was increasingly concerned about the exploitative direction of the tech industry; out of this concern, he launched a crowdfund to form Purism – a company dedicated to freedom, privacy, and security.”
„We’re a tiny and independent two-person not-for-profit based in Ireland. We advocate for and build small technology to protect personhood and democracy in the digital network age. Small Technology are everyday tools for everyday people designed to increase human welfare, not corporate profits.”
„studiolist.org is a growing database of voiceover recording studios for voice actors, audiobook narrators, YouTube creators and podcast makers who travel a lot! I verify the studios by meeting with the studio owner/manager in person and have a look at the recording booth and control room. So far I’ve verified close to 100 studios.”
„Develop, test, and deploy your secure static or dynamic personal web site with zero configuration.”
„Better is a privacy tool for Safari on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. We protect you from behavioural ads and companies that track and profile you on the web.”
„Tincan bridges a peer-to-peer network with the centralised web.”
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