Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threads of Toxic Tech

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1. Have you had any experience making personas that draw on non-demographic data? If so, what data did you use? How were the personas received by your stakeholders?

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2. What do you think of the author’s claim that delight in tech assumes a homogeneous audience and is superficial at best? If not delight, are there other emotions or mental states that designers should aspire to cultivate among users?

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3. What do you think about the author’s assertion that interfaces often streamline and therefore oversimplify complex realities? Have you had experience conveying complex realities in interfaces effectively?

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4. What do you think about the author’s claim that the tech industry upholds a myth of meritocracy? If the reality is as the author describes, what are alternatives or possible changes the tech industry could cultivate?