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- Oct 29, 2020
- 5 min
How much of my data belongs to me? The Henrietta Lacks Story
Imagine these two scenarios...you're at work and you've just polished off a latte. You throw the cup in the lunchroom garbage but...
- Sep 15, 2020
- 2 min
Conferences and pumpkin-spice lattes
It's definitely fall. The air is cooler, the leaves are turning shades of red, pumpkin-spice lattes are back and it's conference season....
- Jun 9, 2020
- 4 min
When who gets to define the problem is the problem...
This past week has been a tough one. It's forced us to look at systemic issues of racism and inequality which we have not been able to...
- May 23, 2020
- 4 min
Research update: collecting data, prepping for a presentation and "COVID-izing" my work
Generally when things are quiet on the blog, it means I'm really busy with my research. That's certainly been the case this past month....
- Feb 8, 2020
- 4 min
Data sovereignty, the intelligence problem & a Big Yellow Taxi: Day Two of AI, Ethics and Society
They paved paradise (and put up a parking lot) It was the combination of being in NYC and a references to asphalt that made me think...
- Oct 9, 2019
- 3 min
When data knows us better than we know ourselves
A few months ago, I was enticed by a special offer from 23andMe. I'd been on the fence about genetic testing for some time. Like the...
- Oct 7, 2019
- 2 min
The ethics surrounding data collection
I’ve been talking with a lot of different people - pretty much anyone who will listen – about where to focus my research. One piece of...
