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Tune in for conversations around technology and society in the time it takes to have a cup of tea

In Omnia Paratus

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The further away decision-makers are from the people affected by their systems, the easier it becomes to abstract harm.

A system may look efficient from a boardroom.
It may look profitable on a dashboard.
It may look scalable in an investor deck.

But what does it feel like to the person downstream of that decision?

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One of the risks I keep coming back to is decision distance.
The further away decision-makers are from the people affected by their systems, the easier it becomes to abstract harm.

A system may look efficient from a boardroom.
It may look profitable on a dashboard.
It may look scalable in an investor deck.

But what does it feel like to the person downstream of that decision?