Job opportunity: Humane Innovation Lead for Center for Humane Technology

[Paul D. Fernhout]

This is a job opportunity I just saw today at the Center for Humane 
Technology that is tangentially related to many of the same goals of 
creating LibrePlanet that works well for everyone (even if it is not an 
exact match):
https://www.humanetech.com/careers-humane-innovation-lead
"CHT's mission is to catalyze a humane future. We reframe the insidious 
effects of persuasive technology, expose the runaway systems beneath, 
and deepen the capacity of leaders across sectors and global 
decision-makers to take wise action. In 2020, CHT was thrilled to 
support the development and release of The Social Dilemma, the acclaimed 
Netflix documentary directed by Jeff Orlowski-Yang on the existential 
threats posed by social media, reaching an estimated 100 million viewers 
worldwide.
  This product management role is for someone who cares deeply about 
making a difference in tomorrow’s technology products. Our online 
course, Foundations of Humane Technology, is a significant strategic 
opportunity to engage with a growing ecosystem of humane technologists 
to drive cultural change throughout the industry. The course equips a 
growing movement with core principles, frameworks, and practices in 
humane technology. Thousands of people are already enrolled, with orders 
of magnitude more coming, and interest from a wide range of partners 
across technology, policy, investment, media, and more.
  Reporting to CHT Co-Founder Randima Fernando and working in close 
collaboration, our Humane Innovation Lead will own day-to-day 
responsibility for our course and its community. This includes course 
content and user experience, packaging for different audiences 
(including workshops), marketing, public presentations, and supporting 
our global community. ..."

More on CHT:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Humane_Technology
"The Center for Humane Technology (formerly known as Time Well Spent) is 
a nonprofit organization dedicated to radically reimagining the digital 
infrastructure. Its mission is to drive a comprehensive shift toward 
humane technology that supports the collective well-being, democracy and 
shared information environment. CHT has diagnosed the systemic harms of 
the attention economy, which it says include internet addiction, mental 
health issues, political extremism, political polarization, and 
misinformation. Founded in 2013, the organization gained greater renown 
after its involvement in the Netflix original documentary The Social 
Dilemma, which examined how social media companies profit off of 
political polarization and the spread of conspiracy theories, while also 
causing psychological and emotional harm to users. "

I have no connection to CHT other than admiring what they seem to aspire 
to do, being on their announcement mailing list, and also just signing 
up for the free-as-in-beer course they have:
"Foundations of Humane Technology"
https://www.humanetech.com/course
"To build technology that matters tomorrow, we have to start with 
different principles today. This self-paced online course prepares 
product teams to create technology that treats attention and intention 
as sacred, protects well-being, and builds our collective capacity to 
address humanity’s most urgent challenges."

Anyway, posting this in hopes that some people here may want to help 
improve that course and the related project using LibrePlanet ideals 
such as:
https://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:Mission_Statement
"Free software is paramount for a free society. As computers play 
increasingly integral roles in more and more aspects of our lives, the 
role of software freedom in guaranteeing our general freedom grows in 
parallel. The software which runs on our computers defines how we 
experience and interact with the world, so we must ensure that we have 
the freedom and control to determine how we connect and communicate with 
each another. Otherwise, we make our autonomy contingent on the people 
and corporations who own software."

--Paul Fernhout (pdfernhout.net)
"The biggest challenge of the 21st century is the irony of technologies 
of abundance in the hands of those still thinking in terms of scarcity."