What tech lessons should we learn from the ICE invasion?

This year put the Twin Cities at the forefront of international attention — and not because of the large number of AI talks we managed to squeeze into our local unconference. We are the site of a disaster; we are (we're told) a city of heroes. We just lived through something whose memory will outlive all of us. We should reflect on it.

Coming from personal experience on the ground in South Minneapolis, in the thick of it, this talk will share lessons about technology: how it helps us, how it fails to help us, how it hurts us. These are lessons about fighting authoritarianism. They are also general lessons about product design, about security, about our human aspirations, about risk, about triage, about ethical computing — lessons we already knew, or should have known, but that are now thrown into sharp relief by the clear light only crisis can bring.

After the talk portion, time allowing, there will be a period of scaffolded small group discussion and idea sharing for those who wish to participate.

• All levels
• Development
• Product
• Wildcard