Fully Human

Fully Human Fresh perspectives on technology, childhood and the future of education, every month.

@hern.bsky.social Hi Alex - linking to our Fully Human essays, videos and podcasts in case of interest given themes cross over with some of your writing! get in touch if want to know any more fullyhuman.org.uk

Taking liberties: confronting big tech's false freedoms Big tech’s dominant business model is built on surveillance, theft and manipulation — yet perversely, tech leaders proclaim themselves our freedom fighters. Dr Elly Hanson takes a close look at big te...

Read our latest essay: 'Taking liberties: confronting big tech's false freedoms'. Dr Elly Hanson takes a close look at big tech practices and the nature of freedom, arguing they are in clear conflict not coherence.

fullyhuman.org.uk/taking-liber...

From free play to play-free: childhood in the shadow of the home. Opportunities for free play are in decline. How have we got here? What hope for the future? Jono Baggaley and Dr Elly Hanson chat to Tim Gill, global expert in children's play in our latest podcast ep fullyhuman.org.uk/from-free-pl...

Fully Human Fresh perspectives on technology, childhood and the future of education, every fortnight.

A reminder that this is just episode of our Tomorrow is the Question podcast series, available where you usually get your podcasts or directly from fullyhuman.org.uk

Credit Lewis Heriz for the excellent animation as always

From free play to play-free: childhood in the shadow of the home. Opportunities for free play are in decline. How have we got here? What hope for the future? Jono Baggaley and Dr Elly Hanson chat to Tim Gill, global expert in children's play in our latest podcast ep fullyhuman.org.uk/from-free-pl...

The AI 'speech' deception: piped dreams and stolen voices Increasingly AI systems are talking to us in human voices. What are we speaking to when we answer back?

The AI 'speech' deception: piped dreams and stolen voices

AI systems are talking to us in human voices; Lewis Heriz's new video essay explores what we're speaking to when we answer back . . .

fullyhuman.org.uk/the-wind-and...

The AI 'speech' deception: piped dreams and stolen voices Increasingly AI systems are talking to us in human voices. What are we speaking to when we answer back?

The AI 'speech' deception: piped dreams and stolen voices

AI systems are talking to us in human voices; Lewis Heriz's new video essay explores what we're speaking to when we answer back . . .

fullyhuman.org.uk/the-wind-and...

Beyond consent: moving to a full-bodied sexual ethics We are told that consensual sex is ethical sex. But is this always true? Dr Elly Hanson makes the case for a richer sexual ethics.

The latest Fully Human piece is the last installment in a three part series by Dr Elly Hanson on more or less human approaches to sex.

Read the full article or find the first two installments 👉 fullyhuman.org.uk/beyond-conse...

Mired in the mob machine: cyber-libertarians and the broken internet The tech-utopians promised us liberation – but instead liberation has been actively hampered by the technology they designed. Digital artist and musician Tom Giles explores how we got here and the und...

I'm new to this place, so I am going to post up this article from @fullyhuman.bsky.social from a few weeks ago that I wrote about my work "The Boids" which came out earlier this summer.

fullyhuman.org.uk/mired-in-the...