⚡ Tech For Good But Make It Better

How to go beyond techno-solutionism in public interest organizations

Today’s guest essay is from my friend Matthew Sun, the Reboot Fellowship mentor for the Tech x Labor peer group. Matthew is a first-year PhD student in Computer Science at Princeton University's Center for Information Technology Policy, where he's advised by Arvind Narayanan, the celebrity-scholar of STS Twitter. Last year, Matthew graduated from Stanford as a Terman Scholar with dual degrees in Computer Science and Public Policy. He's also interested in financial regulation, baking dim sum treats, and watching meme edits of drag queens on YouTube. While today’s essay highlights Matthew’s…

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