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“Tech:” The Curse and The Cure: Why and How Silicon Valley Should Support Economic Security

8/15/2019

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My master's thesis has been published by UCI Law Review.

Abstract

Silicon Valley has become a looking glass into a possible tech-centric future. Some aspects are innovative and inspiring—watching cars drive themselves—while others seem rather dystopian—walking in curves to avoid the bodies of the majority Bay Area native homeless in downtown San Francisco. This Article first examines the “curse,” the traceable relationship between the Bay Area’s rapid innovation and the gentrification and helplessness that permeate it. The impact of economic growth in the tech sector on poverty and wealth inequality is explored in the frames of automation, innovation, and infrastructure. The latter part of this Article explores “cures,” starting with corporate philanthropy and ending with alternatives to the current tech infrastructure. What if the beneficiaries of technology could recognize their impact and address it directly? What if tech capital could be accessible to all? This section introduces a theoretical policy initiative inspired by universal basic income.

Follow Link to Download: https://scholarship.law.uci.edu/ucilr/vol9/iss5/4/
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Ancestry's DNA Debacle

6/6/2017

 
Spring 2017, Ancestry DNA experienced a bit of a public upset over their consent and privacy policies. I was there (well, fine, online) to witness the action. In this paper, I ask what guiding principles could have prevented the hullabaloo from occurring in the first place and what is the corporate responsibility to protect consumers in a quickly evolving world. 
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