How fiction helps us envision a more just future

In episode no. 75 I speak with Jason Tashea, Consultant with the World Bank and Innovation Fellow at Vanderbilt University. We discuss:

• Jason’s motivation for his new project, ‘40 Futures’;
• the fine line between dystopian fiction and reality;
• Jason’s writing process and the ‘rules’ he set for himself in developing the project;
• ’40 Futures’ topics including technological surveillance, improper use of alerts, bio-data, digital privacy laws, automated police vehicles, use of genetic material and ‘the metitentiary’!;
• ‘Problem finding’ and ‘threatcasting’;
• the consequences and rights implications of technology or services;
• the principles that Jason shares that could guide development of technology;
• a real-world example Jason is working on with the World Bank;
• our short-term, quick fix approach compared to long term approaches;
• feeback he’s had from people outside the legal innovation community about the project;
• what popular TV shows like ‘Law and Order’ did for people understanding their rights;
• interdisciplinary collaborations to share information!!
• the ‘Justice Technology Association’ – mission and activities;
• update on changes to professional legal regulation in the USA;
• how to get people’s attention on these issues;
• Jason flipping the interview onto me; and
• Jason’s (non-!) definition of legal innovation.

Proudly sponsored by Neota Logic 

Links:

• ’40 Futures’
• Justice Tech Download newsletter 
• Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site
• Episode with Ed
• Neota Logic Solution Gallery
• Neota Logic
• Churchill Trust Project

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