Our Data Podcast Stanford Law School

In this special episode, recorded over two days, we sat down with Simon Zadek(Head, Secretariat, UN Secretary General’s Task Force on Digital Financing of the SDGs. In August 2020, the Task Force on Digital Financing of the SDGs (https://digitalfinancingtaskforce.org/) released a report (https://digitalfinancingtaskforce.org/downloads/) detailing their findings, and Simon joined us to share his thoughts and add a bit of context. Listen in as we discuss the report and its implications, digital currencies, social manipulation for good, and how to reframe our ideas of value.

UN Task Force on Digital Financing of the SDGs website:
https://digitalfinancingtaskforce.org/
Read the Report: https://digitalfinancingtaskforce.org/downloads/
Read the transcripts: https://law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/OD_Simon-Zadek.pdf

In this episode, Web2.0 pioneer Richard Whitt (Founder, GLIA.net - https://www.glia.net/) shares his views on data stewardship. Join us as we dive into the notion of a digital fiduciary to learn what those duties might entail, explore whether modern platform companies ought to have something analogous to the Hippocratic Oath instructing them to “Do No Harm,” and break down our relationship with modern tech behemoths: “They get the data, and you get the free cat videos.”

Richard can be found on:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/richardswhitt
Medium: https://medium.com/@whitt
SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=861966
Or reached via email at richard@glia.net.

Read the transcripts: https://law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Richard-Whitt.pdf

In this episode, national policy expert, podcast host, and best-selling author Steve Phillips discusses race and politics in America. Join us as we discuss what really happened in the 2016 presidential election, how data and technology can help rectify the massive inequality in our country, and the role that race plays in our political landscape against the backdrop of what is possibly the largest social movement in American history: Black Lives Matter.

View transcripts: https://law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/OD_Steve-Phillips.pdf

In this episode, policy expert Elizabeth Renieris discusses data privacy and ownership. Join us as we explore the intersections between digital data, privacy, and human rights, as well as how we can actualize better privacy protections, who should bear the burden of protecting individuals’ data, and whether self-sovereign data ownership is truly the best way forward in a human-centric world.

View the transcripts: https://law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ElizabethRenieris.pdf

In this special quarantine episode conducted via Zoom, we were thrilled to speak with Prifina founders Markus Lampinen and Paul Jurcys, and explore their vision for a new kind of information marketplace. Join us as we discuss portable data, the future of personalized data, and how everything we understand about the current model might be backwards.

View the transcripts: https://stanford.box.com/s/8kuejnc92k9l45pl7w0n1lb19ayz4ari

In this episode, Hong Kong University’s Syren Johnstone brings an international perspective to a discussion about blockchain regulation, and asks foundational questions about the relationship between emerging technologies and the law. Are our securities laws the best framework with which to examine cryptocurrencies? How can blockchain and AI help with things like a pandemic response? And, above all, what does it mean for regulation to be “fit for purpose”?

View the transcripts: https://law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/SyrenJohnstone.pdf