We’ve highlighted below many other books, reports, guides, and videos that we consider relevant to the collective work of changing technology and the world. For those including the book in your courses and training programs, we also developed training aids and discussion templates for making this book actionable for you and your community.
Books
Race After Technology, by Ruha Benjamin: From everyday apps to complex algorithms, Ruha Benjamin cuts through tech-industry hype to understand how emerging technologies can reinforce white supremacy and deepen social inequity.
Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World, by Meredith Broussard: In Artificial Unintelligence, Meredith Broussard argues that our collective enthusiasm for applying computer technology to every aspect of life has resulted in a tremendous amount of poorly designed systems.
Guides
Responsible Tech Guide, from All Tech is Human: This guide is a comprehensive look at the vibrant Responsible Tech ecosystem from a wide variety of backgrounds.
Equity Guide for Nonprofit Technology Use, Creation, and Funding, from NTEN: Created by a diverse community of contributors, NTEN’s Guide explores equitable decision-making and investment in nonprofit technology. It applies to all levels of nonprofits, foundations, and vendors.
Exploring Community Technology, from Community Technology Field Guide: Community Technology projects use practices of mutual learning that encourages practice and action, investigation and listening; participatory planning and collaborative design; and collective self-governance.
Open Source Guide: Open Source Guides are a collection of resources for individuals, communities, and companies who want to learn how to run and contribute to an open source project.
Open Data Curriculum, from BetaNYC: BetaNYC advocates for a smarter government while building programs, prototypes, and applications.
Reports
Building Career Pathways for Diverse Public Interest Technology Entrepreneurs, by Tayo Fabusuyi, Jessica Taketa, Raymar Hampshire: This study uses a mixed-methods approach to understand the U.S. Public Interest Technology (PIT) landscape with focus on PIT entrepreneurs who identify as BIPOC.
Social Safety Net Project, by Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation: Fortunately, early research on federal safety net benefits finds that there are a variety of levers enabled by data, design, technology, and innovation that can expand access and uptake of public benefits by eligible individuals.
Social Work in Data Science: Tech Policy Gaps and Addressing Harm, by SAFE Lab at Columbia University: Social work is not quantifiable, and with collaboration between emerging technologists and social workers, there will be a deeper understanding of justful human connection, and what it means to interface with technology.
Videos
Rights x Tech selected videos: Rights x Tech is a forum and community that explicitly explores the intersections of technology and power. [They] bring together technologists, policy makers and movement leaders for dialogue and solutions-building on emerging issues around human rights, products and power.
Learning Communities
Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR): The Distributed AI Research Institute is a space for independent, community-rooted AI research free from Big Tech’s pervasive influence.
Startups & Society: A non-profit think/do tank supporting founders and the startup ecosystem in building more equitable, world-positive tech companies.
Product & Society: Product and Society focuses on building products at the intersection of technology, society, ethics, and the public interest.