In the book Computer Power and Human Reason, Josepeh Weizenbaum wrote about “civil courage”:
“Every individual must act as if the whole future of the world, of humanity itself, depends on him. Anything less is a shirking of responsibility and is itself a dehumanizing force..."
Alondra Nelson
I've written an essay in today's FT Weekend about why - and how - people are shaking off the feeling of being "frozen" in front of a "tusnami", and beginning to fight for the future they want. as.ft.com/r/cfa87609-8... (some free clicks here!)
The real question is not what the technology can do but what it ought to do. Sarah O’Connor on the people fighting for the future of work