Much of the challenge right now is balancing supporting the pursuit, positively, of outcomes and implementations, while maintaining (or, perhaps, addressing) the legitimacy crises that have emerged around tech- and ai-hype. ‘Yeah this is great, but, we know how the world works now’, is sort of a particular strand of discontent emerging in the 2020s.

For many in non-hegemonic communities, it’s not a new perspective to have. But the stage is set somewhat differently now, and I think some of the positivity going forward is increasing ability to deal with the “messy middle” of it all. A la