Dr. Tobias Wilson-Bates and Darien invite guests Dr. Halcyon Lawrence and Dr. Liz Hutter on the pod to talk about the prevalence of paternalistic language among technologists (a.k.a. techsplaining). They discuss the potential issues that can occur when technologists approach the world as a problem that only their technological innovation can solve.
References:
- One Thousand and One Nights, featuring the character of Scheherazade, who saved her own life by telling her murderous husband a story every night for years.
- Open Letter reaction to the University of Washington "Sign Aloud Project".
- The Benefits of Combining Data with Empathy, a project by Rita Agurwal and Peter Weill, that explored the business impact of incorporating empathy into the innovation process.