Video and slides synchronized, mp3 and slide download available at URL http://bit.ly/2YQi029. Kingsley Davies talks about the story of Good Tech Conference, a conference he founded in 2018, the findings uncovered from it, and gives some concrete tips and techniques for attendees to evolve to work and live in a more ethical way. Filmed at qconlondon.com. Kingsley Davies is a partner at Underscore Consulting, who build scalable systems using functional programming to deliver value to their clients. Additionally, he co-founded GoodTechConf which is a conference about ethics, technology and social responsibility as well as co-hosting the future tech podcast Breakpoint Radio.

1. Effective Ethics for
Busy People
Kingsley Davies
@kings13y

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Strategy
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Highlights
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Kingsley
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What can I do?

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Good Tech Conf (GTC)
A not for profit conference on ethical implications and social
impact of technology

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Why?

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Meaning

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Meaningful work
https://hbr.org/2018/11/9-out-of-10-people-are-willing-to-earn-less-money-to-do-more-meaningful-work

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Privilege 4 Good
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs

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Why tech? Why now?

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Influence and Impact

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Access and Accountability

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Green Tech & Tech 4 Good

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Inspirations

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Good Tech Conf (GTC)

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Good Tech Conf (GTC)

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Points and Actions

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Find Your Frequency
● Echo Chambers
● Access Information
★ Investigate /participate, select & subscribe
★ Help evenly distribute digital
@goodtechconf ; dotEveryone ; BeyondTech Conf; Sustainable Servers ; ACM ; codeethics.org ; Meaning Conf ; @monkchips

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Analyse, Act and Iterate
● Long term goals, short term execution
● Micromastery
★ Choose ethically (purchase, hosting, services)
★ EthicalOS and continuous ethics
Giveasyoulive.com ; Amazon Smile ; ethicalconsumer.org ; roberttwigger.com ; Ethical OS blogpost

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Diversify all-the-things
● Ethical implications from unhappy paths
● Are you attractive to a diverse audience?
★ Support and publicise diversity initiatives
★ Terms and engagement and sympathetic scheduling
@codebar ; @girlswhocode ; @ukblacktech ; afrotechfest.co.uk ; @techmumshq ; @transtechsocial

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Get up, stand up
● Psychologically safe workspace and feedback loops
● Pride in your product
★ Anonymous feedback, advocates, mentors and champions
★ Support of local groups
Datakind and Datadives ; tech4good meetups ; Major League Hacking (mlh) ; ThinkNation

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Be the Hero
https://goodtechconf.org

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