Communications & Culture

Designer of the Social Change Ecosystem, Deepa Iyer, breaks down the Ecosystem and explains how the tool can help sustain each player in the long haul that is creating lasting social change. 

"I think the biggest connection between financial stability or security and social stability is predictability and reliability... It's my jo

"It's important to recognize why people distrust... then you can unpack how you rebuild it. This begins with people who are able to listen,

"Take a moment and think before you decide to forward and share information... one of the things that platforms created is a ruthlessly effi

"As polarized and toxic as our civic and political life are right now, we don't need fewer arguments. We just need less stupid ones.” - E

Join thinkers and doers on the front lines of polarization to discuss how we can break through the division and work together.

Featuring Will Hurd, former US representative for Texas’s 23rd congressional district and former CIA clandestine officer.

At the core of the algorithmic bias critique is whether those who have the power to create, enable, and disseminate such systems do so equitably. Research suggests that it is far from the case. To better understand the impact of this challenge, Aspen Digital and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth have launched Data Stewardship for Good to answer, “How can data and algorithmic operators recast our own models to forecast a different future, one that centers on the needs of the most vulnerable people?” The result is an articulation of a Digital Bill of Rights in support of low-income, historically excluded communities that may be impacted by such automated systems.

The entities and institutions that gather and sell personal data hold the primary obligations to keep that data secure, use it fairly, and address any inequities. To better understand the impact of algorithmic bias, Aspen Digital has launched Data Stewardship for Good.