This talk was done for Makerfaire UK 2016 and it presents the ecological ramifications around technology and making and asks for the make community to consider the environment, diversity and inclusion as a focus for consideration.

1. PHOENIX PERRY
@PHOENIXPERRY

7. ONE BUTTON GAMES

8. 8
HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES

9. LADY JAMS

10. 10
GAME DEVELOPMENT CLASSES

11. MAY 4TH AT GOLDSMITHS

12. There was a soul with
A GREAT DREAM

14. And a culture full of
TREMEDOUS GREED

17. The fundamental drive to
improve life vs the fundamental
drive to profit from life

18. Technology can be a
LIMITLESS RESOURCE

19. We just need to do it
RIGHT

20. Today these same forces are at work and
one is exceptionally good at co-opting,
corrupting and shutting down the other…

23. if you’re alive right now
(and a rebel) the state of tech eduction
should deeply concern you

24. the separation of the
maker vs the technician

25. and the promise we are
all makers

26. (white) first world (male) maker

27. minimum wage or less (women of color) technicians

28. We like hacking because it
gives us agency

29. hacking is political

30. ENTER THE FALSE BARRIER

31. and the rise of obfuscation

32. under the guise of access

36. 6p each

37. The ecological cost of shipping all
of this highly accessible tech
around the planet is ridiculous

38. 50m tonnes of e-waste generated
EVERY YEAR AND RISING

39. "According to United Nations data, about 70% of electronic waste
globally generated ended up in China," said Ma Tianjie, a
spokesman for the Beijing office of Greenpeace.

40. THE REAL BARRIER

43. 25% of the computing workforce is female
3% is African American women
1% is Hispanic women
Google’s Hispanic Women Coding Project

45. Between now and 2020 this job sector is growing on
average 22% a year (double the norm)
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) biennial update of employment projections

46. Stop and think about what this
economic tide means for us in
20 years at this current rate.

47. We are in the middle of a cultural and economic struggle
for dominance and you can not isolate the materials
needed for our technology from the social ramifications.

48. ACCESS vs CONTROL

49. SYSTEMS OF CONTROL
ARE OUT TO STOP AND
LIMIT THE SPREAD OF
FREE INFORMATION

50. We have come to a point
where we need to prioritize
what matters

51. And we all know it hence the rise of
STEM education

52. Everyone wants
open structures

53. Everyone wants
more diversity

54. Jenny Sabin Studio
But it will not happen unless
we change the social structures

55. But it will not happen unless
surrounding culture

56. Who can afford a
£62.97 base Arduino kit?

57. white men = 100%
white women = 78%
black men = 75%
black women = 64%
Hispanic men = 67%
Hispanic women = 54%
Source: U.S. Current Population Survey and the National Committee on Pay Equity; also Bureau of Labor Statistics: Weekly and Hourly Earnings Data from the Current Population Survey.

58. If we are makers, can we
remake education?

59. If we are makers, can we
remake access in the economy?

60. If we are makers, can we
remake the environment?

61. If we are makers, can we
remake food distribution?

62. If we are makers, can we
remake poverty?

63. If we are makers, can we
remake war?
MQ-1 Predator Gray Eagle drones are part of the U.S. Army's Aviation Modernization Plan, cost around $21 million each and can carry payload, including Hellfire missiles, weighing up to 1,075 pounds.

64. Because we are
remaking biology
Ian Burkhart is the first person to benefit from the neural bypass technology. Photograph: Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center/Batelle

65. http://dorienkoelemeijer.com/
think of technology
in ecology and
value technological
diversity like bio diversity

67. We need real solutions.
The kind that can come
from us.

68. t
we do not have forever

69. You are responsible for
inclusion and diversity in technology & culture.

70. you

71. Phoenix Perry
@phoenixperry