Ethics TV with Jonathan MacDonald

Bec Holdsworth works at One New Zealand in the role of Head of Privacy and Responsible AI. One NZ has a stated mission of becoming “the most AI-enabled telco on the planet” and is at the forefront of AI adoption within New Zealand. AI adoption relies on trust, so One NZ commissioned research to understand how New Zealanders perceive AI and has shared these findings with businesses across New Zealand.

Bec has lead the One NZ Responsible AI programme since its inception in early 2024 and has been responsible for Privacy at One NZ since 2017. Her accountabilities continue to include Disclosures to government agencies and Lawful Interception operations, and she has also been accountable for fraud, enterprise risk and data governance throughout her career at One NZ.

Bec has a varied background working across many industries (telco, aviation, gaming, hospitality) and role families (HR, Operations, Analytical) which has been good grounding for thinking broadly about AI risks. Bec holds graduate and post-graduate qualifications from the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia) in Commerce and Aviation.

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Jonathan MacDonald, Founder of SELF and host of Ethics TV, discusses Freedom of Speech and Independent Media. 

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In a rare departure from the usual interview format, this episode features Jonathan MacDonald, Founder of SELF, commenting on the messages shared by Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal, at SXSW Texas in March 2025.

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Doc Searls is an American journalist, columnist, and co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto, author of The Intention Economy: When Customers Take Charge, editor-in-chief of Linux Journal, a fellow at the Center for Information Technology & Society (CITS) at the University of California, Santa Barbara, an alumnus fellow (2006–2010) of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and co-host of the Reality 2.0 Podcast.More info:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Searlshttp://searls.com/https://doc.searls.com/#ethicstv #ethics #jonathan #macdonald #AI #blockchain #responsibletech #web3 #self #entirety #sovereign #ethical #lifestyle #filter #yourwebyourway #adaptiveai #ethicaltech #interview #podcast #thoughtleadership #philosophy #cluetrain #docsearls #opensource #linux

Cary Sparrow is the founder and CEO of Wagescape, a company focused on labor market trends, helping HR professionals and consulting firms to predict the future of pay.

He is also a former US Navy officer who served on several nuclear submarines. He has 35+ years experience of engineering, military, consulting, technology and operations leadership in achieving organizational growth.

More information here:

https://wagescape.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carysparrow/

Dr. Michael Kolta is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Palm Beach Atlantic University. He holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University at Albany, SUNY.

Dr. Kolta holds a software patent for a melody-based search engine developed from interdisciplinary research combining music theory, AI, and bioinformatics. Outside academia, he enjoys composing music and spending time with his wife, Lisa, and their three children.

His first book "Christian Ethics in Computers, Software, and Artificial Intelligence" was released in January 2025.

More information at: http://kolta.net

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Mark Pellegrino is an American actor of film and television. He is best known for his work as Lucifer in Supernatural, Paul Bennett in Dexter, Jacob in Lost, James Bishop in Being Human, Clayton Haas in Quantico, Joe Messing in Mulholland Drive, and Deputy Bill Standall in 13 Reasons Why.

The American Capitalist Party: http://theamericancapitalistparty.com/

The Capitalist Corner: https://www.youtube.com/@liebowitzmichael9589

Wikipedia Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Pellegrino

Objectivism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism

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Professor Dr Ger Graus OBE is a renowned figure in the field of education - once described as “Jean-Jacques Rousseau meets Willy Wonka”. He was the first Global Director of Education at KidZania and the founding CEO of the Children’s University. In 2019, Ger became a Visiting Professor at the National Research University in Moscow, Russia. He is also a Professor of Practice at the University of Cumbria, United Kingdom, and a Member of the PhD Advisory Council at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. Ger is a frequent keynote speaker at some of the world’s leading education conferences. Driven by his famous mantra that “Children can only aspire to what they know exists”, Ger champions the cause of equity, progress, purpose, creativity, and innovation in children’s learning.

Born in the Netherlands, Ger moved to the United Kingdom in 1983 where he began his teaching career, later becoming a Senior Inspector, and Education Director.

Ger is a member of Bett’s Global Education Council; DIDAC India’s Advisory Board; and Junior Achievement’s Worldwide Global Council. He chairs the Beaconhouse School System’s Advisory Board, Pakistan; advises the Fondazione Reggio Children, Italy; supports a range of education start-ups globally; and was invited to help shape the future of education in Dubai as a member of the Dubai Future Councils. In 2023, he joined the Global Teacher Prize Judging and the World’s Best School Prize Academies as a judge. In 2024, Ger was invited onto the Board of Trustees of the Sharjah Education Academy by Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qassimi, Ruler of Sharjah.

In the 2014 Queen’s Birthday Honours List Ger was made an Honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to children, and in 2018 he received the Global Education Leadership Award at the World Education Congress, India. In 2022, he was granted the award of Iconic Leader Creating A Better World For All by the Women Economic Forum (WEF) and the following year, Ger was made a Companion of the Harry Volker Genootschap in The Netherlands.

Ger’s professional autobiography, Through a Different Lens - Lessons from a life in Education, will be published by Routledge in 2025.

For further information, please visit www.gergraus.com

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Michael Liebowitz spent 25 years in prison. He is coauthor, with Brent McCall, of Down the Rabbit Hole: How the Culture of Corrections Encourages Crime. He is also the author of View from a Cage: My Transformation from Convict to Crusader for Liberty. He was formerly the spokesman for the Libertarian Party of Connecticut, and is currently Vice Chair of The American Capitalist Party. He is host of the podcast, The Rational Egoist (https://www.youtube.com/@therationalegoistML), and is cohost, with Mark Pellegrino, of the daily YouTube show, The Capitalist Corner (https://www.youtube.com/@liebowitzmichael9589)

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Frank Martela, is a internationally recognized expert of motivation, well-being, and sense of meaningfulness and how leaders, organizations, and nations can support them. He is an Assistant Professor at Aalto University, Finland, and has two Ph.D.’s from organizational research (2012 Aalto University) and practical philosophy (2019 University of Helsinki). Besides extensive list of publications in top scientific journals such as Academy of Management Review and Personality and Social Psychology Review he has written for Harvard Business Review, CNBC, and Scientific American Mind. As a leading expert on why Finland is so happy, he has been interviewed by New York Times, CNN, BBC, Fox News, Le Monde, New Scientist, and Discover Magazine, among others.

Frank is an engaging speaker that has spoken in hundreds of companies about engagement and motivation at work and how leaders can make people thrive. He has also given speeches in universities on five continents, including Harvard and Stanford as well as a speech for the New Scientist Big Thinkers series. His latest book is Stop Chasing Happiness – A Pessimist’s Guide To a Good Life (Atlantic Books 2025). His previous book A Wonderful Life – Insights on Finding a Meaningful Experience (HarperCollins 2020) was translated to 29 languages.

https://www.frankmartela.com/

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