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font-family: museo-slab; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(30, 33, 44); background-color: rgb(235, 232, 225); text-align: center;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">Visit&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml"><a href="http://www.ethicalos.org/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(240, 98, 101); text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s, border-color 0.25s linear 0s, opacity 0.25s linear 0s, color 0.25s linear 0s;">ethicalOS.org</a></span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">&nbsp;to learn more</span></em></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px rgb(30, 33, 44); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: museo-slab; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(30, 33, 44); background-color: rgb(235, 232, 225);" /><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px rgb(30, 33, 44); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: museo-slab; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(30, 33, 44); background-color: rgb(235, 232, 225);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">REDWOOD CITY, CA</span></span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">&nbsp;—</span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml"><a href="https://www.omidyar.com/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(240, 98, 101); text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s, border-color 0.25s linear 0s, opacity 0.25s linear 0s, color 0.25s linear 0s;">Omidyar Network</a></span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">, the Silicon Valley impact investment firm, has collaborated with the&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml"><a href="http://www.iftf.org/home/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(240, 98, 101); text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s, border-color 0.25s linear 0s, opacity 0.25s linear 0s, color 0.25s linear 0s;">Institute for the Future</a></span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">&nbsp;(IFTF) on the development of a new toolkit —&nbsp;</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml"><a href="http://www.ethicalos.org/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(240, 98, 101); text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s, border-color 0.25s linear 0s, opacity 0.25s linear 0s, color 0.25s linear 0s;">the Ethical Operating System (Ethical OS)</a></span></span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">&nbsp;— to help makers of tech, product managers, engineers, and others get out in front of problems before they happen. The three-part guide is already being piloted by nearly 20 tech companies, schools, and startups, including&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml"><a href="https://www.mozilla.org/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(240, 98, 101); text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s, border-color 0.25s linear 0s, opacity 0.25s linear 0s, color 0.25s linear 0s;">Mozilla</a></span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">,&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml"><a href="https://www.techstars.com/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(240, 98, 101); text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s, border-color 0.25s linear 0s, opacity 0.25s linear 0s, color 0.25s linear 0s;">Techstars</a></span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">, and others. This is one of many partnerships Omidyar Network’s newly founded&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml"><a href="https://www.omidyar.com/our-work/tech-and-society-solutions-lab" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(240, 98, 101); text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s, border-color 0.25s linear 0s, opacity 0.25s linear 0s, color 0.25s linear 0s;">Tech and Society Solutions Lab</a></span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">&nbsp;is pursuing to address the growing concerns about responsibility in tech with long-term solutions, a topic of growing importance.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px rgb(30, 33, 44); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: museo-slab; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(30, 33, 44); background-color: rgb(235, 232, 225);"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;">The Ethical OS (#EthicalOS) toolkit is available for Beta testing and community feedback here</span>:&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml"><a href="http://www.ethicalos.org/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(240, 98, 101); text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s, border-color 0.25s linear 0s, opacity 0.25s linear 0s, color 0.25s linear 0s;">www.ethicalOS.org</a></span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px rgb(30, 33, 44); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: museo-slab; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(30, 33, 44); background-color: rgb(235, 232, 225);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">What’s in the toolkit:</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px rgb(30, 33, 44); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: museo-slab; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(30, 33, 44); background-color: rgb(235, 232, 225);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">1. Tomorrow's Risk, Today:&nbsp;</span></span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">Fourteen scenarios to spark conversation and stretch your imagination about the long-term impacts of tech you're building today.&nbsp;</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px rgb(30, 33, 44); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: museo-slab; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(30, 33, 44); background-color: rgb(235, 232, 225);"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;">2. Check Your Tech</span>: A checklist of eight risk zones to help you identify the emerging areas of risk and social harm most critical for your team to start considering now.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px rgb(30, 33, 44); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: museo-slab; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(30, 33, 44); background-color: rgb(235, 232, 225);"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;">3. Future-Proofing Strategies</span>: Seven future-proofing strategies to help you take ethical action today.&nbsp;</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px rgb(30, 33, 44); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: museo-slab; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(30, 33, 44); background-color: rgb(235, 232, 225);"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">Omidyar Network's&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml"><a href="https://www.omidyar.com/our-work/tech-and-society-solutions-lab" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(240, 98, 101); text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s, border-color 0.25s linear 0s, opacity 0.25s linear 0s, color 0.25s linear 0s;">Tech and Society Solutions Lab</a></span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">&nbsp;draws on Omidyar Network’s long-standing belief in the promise of technology to create opportunity and social good, as well as the concern about unintended consequences that can result from technological innovation. The team aims to help technologists prevent, mitigate, and correct societal downsides of technology—and maximize positive impact.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px rgb(30, 33, 44); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: museo-slab; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(30, 33, 44); background-color: rgb(235, 232, 225);"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">“We envision a world where technology companies take proactive measures to ensure products are responsibly designed and brought to market. That time is now,” said&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.omidyar.com_people_paula-2Dgoldman&d=DwMGaQ&c=9wxE0DgWbPxd1HCzjwN8Eaww1--ViDajIU4RXCxgSXE&r=o1hiH0krqzSzWL-olAgbbabxMPoIBUIUdTgrJ3YF1dE&m=MFTsVMN1tNYHKJ0EQ6Z6nK3u4p1PU9wNSD8-9LjPFfQ&s=RQ9lyU8D_3X7wOxKjJ6MlTZIF5OD3I9OTjP88e0pZps&e=" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(240, 98, 101); text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s, border-color 0.25s linear 0s, opacity 0.25s linear 0s, color 0.25s linear 0s;">Paula Goldman</a></span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">, global lead of the Tech and Society Solutions Lab. “Inspired by industry standards to mitigate security risk, the Ethical OS helps developers think not just about innovation but long-term societal impact.”</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px rgb(30, 33, 44); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: museo-slab; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(30, 33, 44); background-color: rgb(235, 232, 225);"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">“As makers of tech become more mindful of the unintended effects that their products and services have upon society, we saw a need for a practical toolkit and easy to apply framework for learning, discussion, and eventually better products with fewer potential downsides,” added&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml"><a href="https://www.omidyar.com/people/raina-kumra" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(240, 98, 101); text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s, border-color 0.25s linear 0s, opacity 0.25s linear 0s, color 0.25s linear 0s;">Raina Kumra</a></span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">, the founder of Mavin and Juggernaut and entrepreneur-in-residence at the Tech and Society Solutions Lab. “Something as simple as a checklist can be a real game changer.”</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px rgb(30, 33, 44); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: museo-slab; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(30, 33, 44); background-color: rgb(235, 232, 225);">"Building a startup takes a lot more than just funding,” said&nbsp;<span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml"><a href="https://www.techstars.com/mentors/cody-simms/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(240, 98, 101); text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s, border-color 0.25s linear 0s, opacity 0.25s linear 0s, color 0.25s linear 0s;">Cody Simms</a></span>, partner at Techstars. “At Techstars, we are building a worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. Helping founders anticipate future ethical challenges that their technologies could encounter or incite is critical to their ultimate success. We’re thrilled to be working with Omidyar Network and the Institute for the Future on this initiative and to help our global network of more than 1,500 startups get ahead of problems before they&nbsp;happen.”</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px rgb(30, 33, 44); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: museo-slab; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(30, 33, 44); background-color: rgb(235, 232, 225);"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">“The future is like a game. We have to play it to see how it turns out. But if we wait until the future actually happens, it’s too late to shape it or change our strategies for a better outcome,” said&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml"><a href="http://www.iftf.org/janemcgonigal/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(240, 98, 101); text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s, border-color 0.25s linear 0s, opacity 0.25s linear 0s, color 0.25s linear 0s;">Jane McGonigal</a></span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">&nbsp;from IFTF, a renowned expert in collaborative foresight and human interaction. “But we can play it in advance. Our goal is to engage tens of thousands of tech workers in anticipating the long-term impacts of what they're building today, so they can use that foresight to make better, more ethical choices now.”</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px rgb(30, 33, 44); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: museo-slab; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(30, 33, 44); background-color: rgb(235, 232, 225);"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">“Most people create technology with the hope that it will make the world a better place, but our best intentions must incorporate actionable safeguards to ensure others don’t corrupt our ideas along the way,” added&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml"><a href="http://www.iftf.org/samwoolley/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(240, 98, 101); text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s, border-color 0.25s linear 0s, opacity 0.25s linear 0s, color 0.25s linear 0s;">Samuel Woolley</a></span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">, director of IFTF’s Digital Intelligence Lab. “This toolkit helps anyone creating new technology contemplate worst-case scenarios and familiarize themselves with major areas of potential risk. Considering unexpected risks is a must for the entire tech community. Our collective future will be the better for it.”</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px rgb(30, 33, 44); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: museo-slab; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(30, 33, 44); background-color: rgb(235, 232, 225);"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">Feedback on the toolkit and inquiries regarding trainings and workshops related to the toolkit are encouraged by contacting&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml"><a href="mailto:ideas@ethicalos.org" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(240, 98, 101); text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s, border-color 0.25s linear 0s, opacity 0.25s linear 0s, color 0.25s linear 0s;">ideas@ethicalos.org</a></span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">. Join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #EthicalOS.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px rgb(30, 33, 44); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: museo-slab; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(30, 33, 44); background-color: rgb(235, 232, 225);"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">Other Tech and Society Solutions Lab partnerships and investments include: the&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml"><a href="https://www.omidyar.com/investees/center-humane-technology" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(240, 98, 101); text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s, border-color 0.25s linear 0s, opacity 0.25s linear 0s, color 0.25s linear 0s;">Center for Humane Technology</a></span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">, which was co-founded by Tristan Harris, a former design ethicist at Google, to align technology with humanity’s best interests;&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml"><a href="https://www.omidyar.com/investees/data-democracy" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(240, 98, 101); text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s, border-color 0.25s linear 0s, opacity 0.25s linear 0s, color 0.25s linear 0s;">Data for Democracy</a></span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">, a global community of data practitioners and technologists dedicated to increasing tech worker participation in civil society; the&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml"><a href="https://www.omidyar.com/investees/techequity-collaborative" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(240, 98, 101); text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s, border-color 0.25s linear 0s, opacity 0.25s linear 0s, color 0.25s linear 0s;">TechEquity Collaborative</a></span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">, which is engaging the tech community to build a more equitable and inclusive twenty-first century economy; as well as the&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml"><a href="https://www.omidyar.com/investees/markkula-center-applied-ethics" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(240, 98, 101); text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s, border-color 0.25s linear 0s, opacity 0.25s linear 0s, color 0.25s linear 0s;">Markkula Center for Applied Ethics</a></span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">, which brings the traditions of ethical thinking to bear on real-world problems;&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml"><a href="https://www.omidyar.com/investees?initiative=Tech+and+Society+Solutions+Lab&region=All&search=#filter" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(240, 98, 101); text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s, border-color 0.25s linear 0s, opacity 0.25s linear 0s, color 0.25s linear 0s;">among others</a></span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">. The hope is that these efforts help technologists build responsibility into core business and product decisions and contribute to a thriving tech industry.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px rgb(30, 33, 44); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: museo-slab; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(30, 33, 44); background-color: rgb(235, 232, 225);"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml"><a href="http://www.iftf.org/home/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(240, 98, 101); text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s, border-color 0.25s linear 0s, opacity 0.25s linear 0s, color 0.25s linear 0s;">Institute for the Future</a></span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">&nbsp;(IFTF) is celebrating its 50th anniversary as the world’s leading non-profit strategic futures organization. The core of IFTF’s work is identifying emerging discontinuities that will transform global society and the global marketplace. They provide organizations with insights into business strategy, design process, innovation, and social dilemmas. The organizations research spans a broad territory of deeply transformative trends, from health and health care to technology, the workplace, and human identity.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px rgb(30, 33, 44); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: museo-slab; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(30, 33, 44); background-color: rgb(235, 232, 225); text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:xml="xml">###</span></p></div><div>==</div>