Tim Hwang is director of the Harvard–Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Ethics and Governance of AI Initiative, a philanthropic project…
9 posts with the category "Interview"
Bridging the Digital Divide
By Public Knowledge
Digital Literacy is an increasingly complex yet mandatory skill for the modern workforce; yet many adult learners struggle to…
Designing for Climate Change
By Sophia Fish
In a bright, open studio in Oakland, Nicholas de Monchaux works with his partner, Kathryn Moll. Together they make up…
Knowledge from the Margins
By Sophia Fish
Julia Bryan-Wilson is a professor of modern and contemporary art at the University of California, Berkeley; the director of its…
Reassembling the Public
By Sophia Fish
Shannon Jackson is the Associate Vice Chancellor for the arts and design at University of California, Berkeley, and a Public…
Why Museums and Archives Can’t Afford to Think Like Businesses
By Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow is an author, journalist, and activist. His novels for teens and young adults include Homeland, Pirate Cinema, and…
The Value of Networks at a Time of Fragmentation
By Jon Christensen
In the San Francisco Bay Area, a booming technology industry has led to increasing inequality, the privatization of public resources…
Promoting Dignity, Compassion and a Community Living Room
By Megan Martenyi
In 2009, when the San Francisco Public Library became the first library in the United States to hire a full-time…
Libraries and Public Knowledge
By Lindsey Westbrook
The Public Knowledge collaboration between SFMOMA and the San Francisco Public Library is made possible in large part due to…