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Greater Than Code Mandy Moore
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For a long time, tech culture has focused too narrowly on technical skills; this has resulted in a tech community that too often puts companies and code over people. Greater Than Code is a podcast that invites the voices of people who are not heard from enough in tech: women, people of color, trans and/or queer folks, to talk about the human side of software development and technology. Greater Than Code is providing a vital platform for these conversations, and developing new ideas of what it means to be a technologist beyond just the code.
Featuring an ongoing panel of racially and gender diverse tech panelists, the majority of podcast guests so far have been women in tech! We’ve covered topics including imposter syndrome, mental illness, sexuality, unconscious bias and social justice. We also have a major focus on skill sets that tech too often devalues, like team-building, hiring, community organizing, mentorship and empathy. Each episode also includes a transcript.
We have an active Slack community that members can join by pledging as little as $1 per month via Patreon. (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode)
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218: Building Bridges with Isa Herico-Velasco
02:12 - Isa’s Superpower: Being a Bridge
RailsBridge
Bridge Foundry – They’re Hiring !!
08:56 - Community Learning
Asynchronous Communication
Discord
Cultivating a Leadership Pipeline
Transparency
“Many hands make light work.”
19:16 - Pivoting From Rock’n’Roll to Software Engineering: Software + Music
Gigwell: Talent Booking
Everything Relates to Tech Somehow
27:57 - Grappling with Impostor Syndrome
Reflections:
Damien: Community over architecture.
Casey: Community and mentorship.
Isa: Talking to other engineers re: non-code + community and sustainability.
Laurie: Finding new ways to collaborate in a remote/pandemic world.
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Special Guest: Isa Herico-Velasco .
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217: Robots As "Social Entities" with Laura Major
02:05 - Laura’s Superpower: Problem Solving
04:07 - What to Expect When You’re Expecting Robots
Check out our interview with Laura’s coauthor: Greater Than Code Episode 216: Robot and Human Collaboration with Julie Shah
Where is human collaboration with robots heading?
06:59 - The Human/Robot Partnership
Robot Personification
Positives and Negatives
Robots Will Never Be Perfect
Making Our World “Robot Compatible”
14:34 - Human Behavior Towards Robots; Vice-Versa
HitchBOT, the hitchhiking robot, gets beheaded in Philadelphia
Marty the grocery store robot is a glimpse into our hell-ish future
The robot waiters in this Japanese cafe are controlled by people with paralysis
20:38 - Robots as “Social Entities”
Safety Transcending Competition
Contextualization
Observable
Predictable
Directable
24:43 - How Media Affects The Way People View Robots
Science-Fiction Expectations
26:39 - How Humans Can “Update” Themselves: Experiencing Robotics
Direct Exposure
28:23 - Robots as “Social Entities” (Cont’d)
Vigilance Decrement
Communication Problems
Change Agent by Daniel Suarez
What Robots/Humans Will/Should? Expect From Eachother
39:52 - Will and, if so, when will autonomous cars become the standard?
Swiss Cheese Model
Reflections:
John: What is the right level of empathy for social entities?
Jamey: Being in the process of consciously creating new social norms and thinking more thoroughly about who you could be hurting with your actions.
Push, the talking trash can, makes his final appearance after 19 years at Walt Disney World
Casey: Treating certain social entities in different ways; i.e. a Roomba and a dishwasher. And, the way you have to think about who is outside autonomous cars: not just the passengers. Also, we should be on the lookout for robotaxis!
Laura: Not wanting robots in the future to look too much like people.
This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep of DevReps, LLC. To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode
To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps. You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well.
Special Guest: Laura Major.
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216: Robot and Human Collaboration with Julie Shah
02:21 - Julie’s Superpower: Working Really Hard and Maintaining Focused Attention on Things for a Long Period of Time
04:25 - Robotics and Working in Artificial Intelligence (AI)
What To Expect When You're Expecting Robots: The Future of Human-Robot Collaboration (Julie and Laura Major’s book)
11:10 - Structuring and Optimizing the World for Machines, AI, and Robots
The Turing Test
Labeled Data
Teslas vs Airplanes
Mode Confusion
Ten challenges for making automation a "team player" in joint human-agent activity
26:10 - Understanding Output and Building Calibrated Trust
Mental Models
33:39 - Robots and Humans in Public Spaces
Predictability
Directability
Standardization
Infrastructure
Safety Imperatives
Future of Work Implications
Joint Activity
The Shannon Model
51:41 - What To Expect When You're Expecting Robots: The Future of Human-Robot Collaboration (Book Discussion)
54:40 - More on Human/Machine Collaboration:
Girl Decoded: A Scientist's Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology
Reinforcement learning with human teachers: Evidence of feedback and guidance with implications for learning performance
Evaluating fluency in human–robot collaboration
Reflections:
Rein: There may be a sense in which AI or ML systems are categorically different from the sorts of systems we’ve tried to control in the past because you can’t characterize the variety of the system anymore just by observing its inputs and outputs.
Damien: Artificial intelligence is not human intelligence, nor should it be. The goals are making systems and human lives better; not making the computer better.
Julie: Aim for mediocrity!
This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep of DevReps, LLC. To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode
To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps. You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well.
Special Guest: Julie Shah.
Sponsored By:
Linode: Whether you're working on a personal project or managing enterprise infrastructure, you deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing solutions that allow you to take your project to the next level.
Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode's Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier.
Get started on Linode today with $100 in free credit for listeners of Greater Than Code. You can find all the details at linode.com/greaterthancode.
Linode has 11 global data centers and provides 24/7/365 human support with no tiers or hand-offs regardless of your plan size. In addition to shared and dedicated compute instances, you can use your $100 in credit on S3-compatible object storage, Managed Kubernetes, and more.
Visit linode.com/greaterthancode and click on the "Create Free Account" button to get started.Support Greater Than Code -
215: Gathering Data in Machine Learning with Abeba Birhane
01:41 - Descartes was wrong: ‘a person is a person through other persons’
Abeba Birhane on a person is a person through other persons
Cartesian Thinking
Individualism
13:59 - Predicting How People Behave and Act via Machine Learning is Ethically Flawed
“Measuring” People
Simon’s Ant
Abstraction
Greater Than Code Episode 038: Category Theory for Normal Humans with Dr. Eugenia Cheng
Order Out of Chaos by Ilya Prigogine and Isabelle Stengers
Collecting Data
Confirmation Bias
34:21 - Examining Machine Learning Models and Data
Means Testing
Generalized Empathy
“When you get rid of what you don’t want, you do not necessarily get what you do want and you may get something you want a lot less. It is that simple…..anyone that ever watches television knows that!” – Russell L. Ackoff
“Scoring” People Perpetuates Stereotypes
Acurracy Confirms Bias
50:09 - Important Ideosyncracies and Contaminating Factors
Seeing and appreciating the potential to be different in every person in every situation.
The ability to tease apart existing cultural ideas around identity and humanity.
Taking concepts from different but related fields and seeing their connectedness and bringing them together into a whole that is more than the sum of their parts.
Seeing consequences that don’t belong to any one cause.
Reflections:
Mando: Cartesian thinking and worldview is embedded in us.
Avdi: “Contaminating factors.”
“Dive into yourself to find yourself.”
Rein: Jainism has gotten this right for centuries.
The Elephant and the Blindfolded Men Parable
The Theory of Conditioned Predication or Contigency
The Theory of Partial Standpoints
Jessica: Giving the Cartesian program credit for what it’s good for: using science as a way to break things down into parts and studying them deeply; we’ve learned a lot.
Abeba: It’s not all bad. BUT, we forget to put the pieces back together and acknowledge reality.
This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep of DevReps, LLC. To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode
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Special Guest: Abeba Birhane.
Sponsored By:
Twilio: Businesses all over the world right now are trying to reinvent how they connect with the world. Whether a business is delivering packages, treating patients, or running a global customer support center, their customers need them to invent new ways to stay connected. Twilio is the platform that Fortune 500 companies and startups alike trust to build seamless communications experiences with phone calls, text messages, video calls, and more. Really, the only limit becomes your developer’s imaginations. It’s time to build. Visit twilio.com to learn more.Support Greater Than Code -
214: The Righteous Mind with Rylan Bowers
01:26 - Rylan’s Superpower: Helping People & Giving Back to Community
“The rising tide lifts all boats.”
03:01 - The Righteous Mind / Making and Rationalizing Choices
Jonathan Haidt
Moral Psychology
The Happiness Hypothesis (The Elephant Metaphor)
Social Intuitionism
09:11 - An Example of a Moral Reaction (CW Beastiality)
10:26 - Humans as Individuals vs Humans as Species / Increasing Group-Level Cohesion
Homo Duplex
Transactional Leadership vs Transformational Leadership
T-Groups: Resources for Interpersonal Skill Development
19:43 - Bridging the Gap Politically
Thinking Empathatically
“Addressing the Elephant”
CivilPolitics.org: Educating the Public on Evidence-based methods for improving inter-group civility
How One Man Convinced 200 Ku Klux Klan Members To Give Up Their Robes
27:59 - Looking at Morality
The WEIRD Culture (western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic)
5 Main Foundations
Care vs Harm
Fairness vs Reciprocity
Loyalty vs Betrayal
Authority vs Subversion
Purity/Sanctity vs Degradation
The Omnivore’s Dilemma
Liberty vs Oppression
YourMorals.Org
38:55 - Morality Binds and Blinds / Group Cohesion
Haidt: humans are 90 percent chimp and 10 percent bee
Sanctitity
Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion by Alain De Botton
48:37 - Moving Forward / Fixing Divisiveness / Welcoming People w/ Different Viewpoints
Yin and Yang
APA Convention Keynote 2016 ft. Jonathan Haidt
Mani (prophet) / (Manichaeism)
Anti-Intellectualism
Reflections:
Damien: The Happiness Hypothesis (The Elephant Metaphor): Reflecting on the elephant.
Rylan: Finding a middle ground.
“The Perfect Way is only difficult for those who pick and choose; Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear. Make a hairbreadth difference, and Heaven and Earth are set apart; If you want the truth to stand clear before you, never be for or against. The struggle between 'for' and 'against' is the mind's worst disease.” ― Jianzhi Sengcan
John: The value of conservative viewpoints vs liberal viewpoints.
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
More Resources:
The Ezra Klein Show
inter-group civility (Large potential list of remedies)
Jonathan Haidt: The Coddling of the American Mind
The Political Compass
Jonathan Haidt: The moral roots of liberals and conservatives (TED Talk)
This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep of DevReps, LLC. To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode
To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps. You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well.
Special Guest: Rylan Bowers.
Sponsored By:
Twilio: Businesses all over the world right now are trying to reinvent how they connect with the world. Whether a business is delivering packages, treating patients, or running a global customer support center, their customers need them to invent new ways to stay connected. Twilio is the platform that Fortune 500 companies and startups alike trust to build seamless communications experiences with phone calls, text messages, video calls, and more. Really, the only limit becomes your developer’s imaginations. It’s time to build. Visit twilio.com to learn more.Support Greater Than Code -
213: This Is Me with Cher
CONTENT WARNING: Eating Disorders, Substance Abuse & Addiction
01:12 - Cher’s Superpower: Making and Collecting Hot Sauce
Gastroparesis
Hobby vs Coping Mechanism
04:33 - Good Ideas Can Come From Anywhere
Drive to Execute
Becoming a Mentor/Leader
Curiosity and Understanding the Big Picture
Seeking Feedback From Others While Introspecting Feedback From Yourself
12:50 - Bravery, Enduring, and Overcoming; Eradicating Stigmas and Breaking Stereotypes
Impostor Syndrome
Blowing the Top Off Gatekeep-y Assumptions in Tech
Rawness and Integrity
Nader Dabit & Kurt Kemple
“You’re not alone,” “I’m not special,” and “You can get here too.”
Using Your Journey to Empower Yourself and Others
MARLON CRAFT | FUNK FLEX | #Freestyle140
30:12 - Struggle, Opportunity, and Recognizing White Privilege
Activating Empathy
Manifesting Goodness
Reflections:
John: The incredible power we can have as people when we claim our story rather than deny it.
Rein: There is a huge potential for empathy between people with a lot in common, and it’s just about unlocking the potential that already exists.
Cher: Empathy is the glue that holds everything together.
Jerome: The skills transfer of experience.
This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep of DevReps, LLC. To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode
To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps. You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well.
Special Guest: Cher.
Sponsored By:
Twilio: Businesses all over the world right now are trying to reinvent how they connect with the world. Whether a business is delivering packages, treating patients, or running a global customer support center, their customers need them to invent new ways to stay connected. Twilio is the platform that Fortune 500 companies and startups alike trust to build seamless communications experiences with phone calls, text messages, video calls, and more. Really, the only limit becomes your developer’s imaginations. It’s time to build. Visit twilio.com to learn more.Support Greater Than Code
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excellent podcast produced by good people.
Good selection of guests talking about important topics.