Nicol Turner Lee
Senior Fellow in Governance Studies and Director of the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings
Nicol Turner Lee, Senior Fellow in Governance Studies and Director of the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution, spoke with John Palfrey about work towards a more equitable and inclusive tech sector.
Who is left behind in a tech driven society? And what can we do about it? Nicol Turner Lee, Senior Fellow in Governance Studies and Director of the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution, sat down with MacArthur President John Palfrey to discuss her decades of work towards a more equitable and inclusive tech sector. The conversation, which took place in Chicago, highlighted insights from Nicol's new book, Digitally Invisible, and how the internet and related technologies are creating a new underclass, particularly in rural and historically disinvested communities across America.
“We do not have to be technologists to intuitively know when there is a harm or consequence or when there is an opportunity.”
Nicol and John also discuss work to make the impacts of technology policy more visible to everyday people, how philanthropy can feature civil society organizations, and today's “hidden figures” who are working to restore humanity and shape the conversation amidst a growing artificial intelligence divide.
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