A Talk about Everything

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZx7rYoq1Uw&index=6&list=PLXmT1r4krsTqtLdWln2ritJZTjd5a06h2

Transcript

1. LENA REINHARD @LRNRD
2. THE STORY OF THE TREES
3. TECHNOLOGY SHAPES OUR DAILY LIVES
4. BUILDING SOFTWARE IS AN ACT OF REPRESENTATION
5. UNDERSTANDING OURSELVES
6. WHITE CIS SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE WEIGHT & HEIGHT ABLE-BODIED MIDDLE-CLASS
7. WE CAN ONLY UNDERSTAND OUR RESPONSIBILITY IF WE UNDERSTAND OUR PRIVILEGES
8. We leave scepticism behind when confronted with evidence about ourselves. (Pete Warden) “
9. DO WE SEE THE
 EVIDENCE?
10. DO WE SEE THE
 PROBLEM?
11. Being a woman who happens to tech is another shirt in my closet that I’ll never wear because it doesn’t fit, and won’t throw out because that feels wrong. “ (Ash Huang)
12. PEOPLE HAVE TO CHOOSE:
 BETWEEN PUTTING THEIR CAREER AT RISK OR LIVING WITH
 CONSTANT ABUSE
13. PRIVILEGE = THE LUXURY TO IGNORE THE EXPERIENCES OF UNDERREPRESENTED PEOPLE IN TECH
14. THE TECH INDUSTRY IS BUILT ON PRIVILEGE
15. Power is the ability to define reality and to convince other people that it is their definition. (Dr. Wade Nobles) “
16. SOFTWARE IS NOT PROVIDING A CHOICE ENABLING HARASSMENT IGNORING PEOPLE SEXIST UNDERMINING FREE WILL VIOLATING BOUNDARIES ALLOWING ABUSE ENDANGERING PEOPLE MAKING PEOPLE SICK
17. WE ARE IGNORING PEOPLE SEXIST UNDERMINING FREE WILL VIOLATING BOUNDARIES NOT PROVIDING A CHOICE MAKING PEOPLE SICK ENABLING HARASSMENT ENDANGERING PEOPLE ALLOWING ABUSE
18. CHANGE MEANS
 WE HAVE TO GIVE UP OUR OLD IDEAS AND PLANS.
19. CHANGE MEANS
 WE HAVE TO GIVE UP OUR OLD IDEAS AND PLANS. AND CHANGE IS OUR ONLY OPTION.
20. IF WE DON’T ACTIVELY SUPPORT CHANGE, WE’RE ENABLERS OF
 THIS BROKEN SYSTEM
21. 01 WE NEED TO
 DEVELOP EMPATHY
22. 02 “The mere desire to not be biased is not enough.” WE NEED TO WORK
 THROUGH BIASES (Rachel Thomas)
23. 02 “The mere desire to not be biased is not enough.” WE NEED TO WORK
 THROUGH BIASES (Rachel Thomas)
24. 03 WE NEED TO KNOW OUR
 HISTORY AND
 EDUCATE OURSELVES
25. 04 WE NEED TO
 UNDERSTAND DIVERSITY “We do not have the luxury of building social movements that are
 not intersectional.” (Kimberlé Crenshaw )
26. “It is totally and entirely possible that you might have nothing to add.” (Leigh Alexander) 05 WE NEED TO
 SHUT UP
27. 06 WE NEED TO LISTEN TO AND AMPLIFY OTHER VOICES
28. 07 WE NEED TO GIVE
29. 08 WE NEED TO
 FORMALISE
30. 09 WE NEED TO USE OUR
 PRIVILEGE FOR GOOD
31. 10 WE NEED TO WORK
 ON BEING ALLIES
32. WHO DO WE WANT TO BE? WHAT WILL BE OUR LEGACY?
33. IT’S TIME THAT EACH OF US WITH EVERY WORD AND EVERY LINE OF CODE TAKES A STAND