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Articulating the need for technology centered on emotional intelligence, mental health, and wellbeing.

Technology Designs People

One of the big questions of our era is how the internet, social media, and all the latest technology change our emotional life. Pamela writes about how we can balance design for engagement with design for wellbeing, how we can embrace small ways to cultivate intimacy while managing the tidal flow of emotions, and how we can create a more human future for technology in the age of AI.

Selected Articles

Engadget, March 4, 2021 Why is Clubhouse so addicted to notification?

Engadget, September 4, 2019
The New Idea of Phone Minimalism

Quartz, September 4, 2019
Hiding Likes on Social Media Might Actually Make It Better

Quartz, August 2, 2019
Forget AI Ethics—Treat Technology Like a New Relationship Instead

Retail Trends, December 12, 2018
The Ethical Implications of Emotional Technology

Quartz, September 13, 2018
Our Communication is Being Increasingly Limited to Emojis

Elsevier Weekblad, July 25, 2018
Can Robots Have Human Emotions?

TNW, May 24, 2018
Why Emotionally Intelligent Machines Are the Future of AI

LA Times, May 10, 2018
Should People Know They're Talking To an Algorithm?

NPR, April 30, 2018
Kids, Meet Alexa, Your AI Mary Poppins

Digital Trends, November 11, 2017
How to Put Humans Before Technology

Huffington Post, June 8, 2017
Rethinking Technology in the Classroom

Suddeutsche Zeitung, June 5, 2017
Apps Are Addictive, But Do They Have To Be?

Quartz, March 23, 2017
There's a Better Way to Treat Your Tech Addiction Than Hiding Your Phone and Laptop

Zeit Online, March 12, 2017
Do You Feel It, Too?

20 Minutes, February 16, 2017
We Are Hyper-Connected, but There Is No Real Life to Return To

Selected Podcasts

What's Next, June 2020
The Future of Feeling (after a Global Pandemic)

All Tech is Human, May 2020
Increasing Emotional Intelligence in Technology & Ourselves

Wireframe, November 2018
Is Good Design Good for You?

With Love and Data, November 2018
The Future of Emotional Machines

Human Tech , September 2018
Emotionally Intelligent Design

Digital Mindfulness, April 2018
Emotionally Intelligent Machines

Funny as Tech, October 2017
The Future of Conversation

CBC Spark, May 2017
How to Design for Happiness

The Web Ahead, June 2015
Improving Tech's Humanity