As our conversation came to a close, Jill Fellows told me about the ways that technology can empower and liberate as well as how we often talk about technology (particularly digital technology) can serve to hide the environmental and social impacts of various technologies.
Dr. Jennifer Jill Fellows teaches philosophy and is the Associate of Arts Coordinator at Douglas College. She also hosts two really terrific podcasts: “Andraste’s Gadfly” (which examines various philosophical topics as they apply to or manifest within the Dragon Age series of games) and “Gender, Sex, and Tech! Continuing the Conversation” (which is — as one might suspect from its name — about the interplay between gender, sex, and technology). And, she seems to be constantly on CBC Radio discussing super-fun topics like whether you’d make it onto Santa Claus’ nice or naughty list, our relationships with AI, and the history of feminized computers.
Links:
https://www.douglascollege.ca/
https://andrastesgadfly.opened.ca/
https://gendersextech.opened.ca/
https://canadianscholars.ca/book/gender-sex-and-tech/
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/are-you-on-santa-s-nice-list-it-depends-on-his-moral-framework-1.5851562
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/bots-like-chatgpt-aren-t-sentient-why-do-we-insist-on-making-them-seem-like-they-are-1.6761709
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a-harem-of-computers-the-history-of-the-feminized-machine/id151485663?i=1000584009084
