5 ethical principles for digitizing humanitarian aid | Aarathi Krishnan
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Digital Futures Are Exactly That of Balm
In times of great volatility, we yearn for a balm. And digital futures are exactly that of balm. We look at it in awe of its possibility, as if it could soothe all that ails us. But technologies created in one context and then parachute into another will always fail because it is based on assumptions of how people lead their lives. Technologies of empowerment then become technologies of disempowerment. Humanitarians assume that technology will liberate humanity, but without any due consideration of issues of power exploitation and harm to be done.
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