Quotes from Industry Leaders
“I understand public interest technology to be talking about and designing technology with the greater good in mind, and not falling into the capitalistic approach that private corporations take with technology.”
Kendal Hall
Howard University CS Student and Co-Founder of Tech for Change
“An equitable world will require change from every one of us, as individuals and organizations and sectors and communities. Critical in this is changing our relationship with technology generally and changing the technologies we have available so that more appropriate, relevant, and equitable technology is available to meet our needs.”
Afua Bruce
Public Interest Technologist, Author
“Companies that are explicitly incorporating the public interest tech frame are beginning to see real value generated both in terms of their profits, but also in terms of the trust that they're generating with the critical communities that they're working with. Public interest tech is really core to a long-term ecosystem of building accountability and trust across constituencies and across customer relationships.”
Michelle Shevin
Senior Program Manager of Technology and Society, Ford Foundation