
Nov 10, 2021 • 35M
How To Citizen, S3 E4: Move Slow and Fix Things (with Esra’a Al Shafei)
The ad-free episode that shows us how dangerous "scale" can be in tech
It's true. We all feel it in the United States. We are having some kind of moment. Where it goes, we can't say, but right here, right now, something significant is happening involving race and in particular, policing. In this limited run series, Baratunde Thurston explains and explores what feels like a defining moment in American history.When Mitt Romney joins a Black Lives Matter march, when NASCAR bans the Confederate flag, when major cities actually contemplate defunding the police, and when Adidas retweets Nike in support of Black lives, something big is going on.
My dear Insiders!
Here’s episode four of our tech season of How To Citizen without all the ads.
I first saw Esra’a Al Shafei speak at the Personal Democracy Forum conference in NYC so so many years ago, and she was hilarious. She spoke the truth about tech with so much energy, she was impossible to ignore. What I really love about this conversation is tha…