nobodyreadsreports

real communication is always two-way. The moment we put information into a PDF and send it out, the conversation ends. It’s a monologue: "Here are the facts. We’re right. Do as we say."

unknown knowns are things that exist and are recognized by others or documented somewhere, but you don’t know about them.

There is an additional element. I have worked in advocacy organizations which over time ditched the careful analysis and research (to some extent) to go directly to organizing and slogans. The result? Unexamined or unsubstantiated claims. That also did not work, not over time. So there is a space for the careful research that is in many UN reports,... See more

Imagine if we put a fraction of the resources currently spent on disinformation and divisive content into designing new media platforms and ecosystems for cultivating curiosity, connection and community?

Limiting academics to one article, book or chapter per year or every two years would not only improve their wellbeing but also reduce the “frequently impossible to navigate” volume of outputs that are currently published

downloading doesn't necessarily mean reading.

decolonial theory and Indigenous data governance principles. Rather than advocating for mere inclusion, it argues for epistemic pluralism and solidarity, urging a reorientation of AI from extractive to relational ontologies.