DigEthix: Digital Ethics Today

8: Critical Thinking and the Process of Ethics in Technology with Bernd Dürrwächter


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Seth talks to Bernd Dürrwächter, one of DIGETHIX’s advisory board members and main collaborators. Bernd is principal at AnalyticDimensions.com, a consultancy for big data analytics & data science projects. He studied computer science at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences from 1988-1992. Bernd is a seasoned practitioner in software engineering, IT architectures, business intelligence & data analytics solutions. 

Seth and Bernd discuss the challenges to education. They highlight how difficult it is to come to a consensus around values. The key questions for this episode are: given the value problem, how can a podcast like DIGETHIX make concrete suggestions? How can public discussion be used in conjunction with education to better equip the next generation of technologists?

Potentially Helpful Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook%E2%80%93Cambridge_Analytica_data_scandal
https://cmr.berkeley.edu/2017/04/evolution-of-business-ethics/
https://www.iso.org/iso-9001-quality-management.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebook-genocide.html 


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Music: "Dreams" from Bensound.com



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