A little while ago I mentioned the work myself and colleague Lianne have been conducting around the BBC R&D Human Values project.
I can happily say they are all uploaded to the BBC’s 2LO Soundcloud account, thanks to Bill. All of them are a good listen.
Episode 1: Human value discussion
What is the human value framework, and what are the intentions behind it?
Episode 2: Applying the human value framework
How is the human value framework used?
Episode 3: Exploring the underlying philosophy
A discussion of the philosophical model that underpins the framework
Episode 4: Measuring success using the framework
Are human values the new way to measure success and value in a digital age?
Episode 5: The impact of Covid-19 on the Human Values Framework
Considering human values in the current pandemic, and in the longer term
The BBC R&D blog post has updated details for each episode and who is in each episode. But I wanted to thank again our guests.
- David Jay – Centre for Humane Technology
- Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino – Designswarm
- Solana Larson – Mozilla Foundation
- Brian Suda – Optional.is
- Paulien Dresscher – Netherlands film festival & Publicspaces.net
- Yancey Strickler – Co-founder of Kickstarter & entrepreneur
- Mark Surman – Mozilla Foundation
- Katja Bego – Nesta
I recently read (actually listened to) The Inner Level by Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett. I first came across them at Nesta’s Futurefest conference, but had heard about the Spirit level beforehand.
The book leans a lot on the Spirit level but expands the results with new data and papers looking directly at the psychological effects of inequality on society
In short the inner level can be summed up in this graph…
Its not a surprise but the evidence is clear and the examples are spot on. You might also prefer the keynote where Kate takes directly takes bits from the book.
While I’m working from home, I have been listening to a lot podcasts and audiobooks. Each book has got me writing and thinking but this one really has given me a framework for a lot of the ills of the world. Now I’m a lot clearer on the fact equality is the core (or very likely one of them) of so many.
Lets take for example the American dream which I have been critical of previously. Work hard and you too can be successful and rich? Casey Gerald’s book and talks titled there will be no miracles here, highlights the problems of the American dream and the ultimate effect of inequality. If you want more have a read of the world economic forum.
It reminds me why the likes of Jeff Bezo’s net worth growing, is just all types of awful for us all. First time I heard about this, I wasn’t best pleased but besides the comment Amazon must pay their taxes, theres little more I could really say. I hadn’t really factor in the bigger effects of stuff like this.
In the book they mention the equality trust and trying to reach out further to gain some impact on policy makers. This reminded me the badges work and of course our own BBC Human Values work.