Silicon Mirage: How the Valley Lost its Promise, & One Way It Can Get it Back

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We know what we want: professionalization. We aim to make social technology a profession. This will upgrade Silicon Valley from the inside out, equipping it to meet the demands being made by consumers, activists, and civil society, creating a more responsible, accountable internet.

We host focused campaigns that challenge the prevailing conversations around tech and amplify voices calling for actionable reform. It's happened before, in fields like medicine, engineering, and law — once unruly trades that over the last few centuries became slowly, painstakingly professionalized. And now it's tech's turn. We know it's possible, but not without you.

Jumana Abu-Ghazaleh, 28 July 2022, "Silicon Mirage: How the Valley Lost its Promise, and One Way It Can Get it Back," IEEE International Symposium on Digital Privacy and Social Media, San Jose, CA, 1 August 2022, pre-record, https://attend.ieee.org/isdpsm-2022/

We know what we want: professionalization. We aim to make social technology a profession. This will upgrade Silicon Valley from the inside out, equipping it to meet the demands being made by...