Swedish communication theorist born in Liberia. Working with design, education and writing to support human rights in tech. Decades of digital experience and a deep concern for universal wellbeing.
It’s been a tough year, going on two, from a wellbeing perspective. I just want to say: feeling exhausted, traumatised and disoriented is expected. For all of us. It’s natural to deflate when struggling to find breathing space in the midst of uncertainty, conflicting messaging and enforced restrictions....
Per Axbom will be leading the Ambition Empower track: Design Ethics = Good Business.
How Apple is moving into mass surveillance. A walkthrough of all the risks.
This text is the content of my auto-reply (out of office message) during the summer of 2021. I always try to provide value back to the person trying to reach me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello! I am sparingly checking e-mail during my personal downtime and upkeep. I'm back full-time on...
It turns out all those "tip of an iceberg"-drawings are giving the wrong idea.
How to plan your days, communicate, listen, set up your room and tech, as well as a comprehensive list of tools that are helpful for online teaching.
I was recently interviewed by Lisa Welchman and Andy Vitale for their Surfacing Podcast [https://www.surfacingpodcast.com/per-axbom], where they "have conversations with the people who design and create experiences for our world." It's such a warm, reflective podcast and I felt really welcome and...
I love a good meme and have been looking through many of the different versions of the "Types of Scientific Paper [https://axbom.com/types-of-ai-ethics-paper/]" meme on Twitter. Not a single one I've come across has had an image description in the form of ALT (alternative)...
Political philosopher Dr Annette Zimmermann [https://www.annette-zimmermann.com/] published a very piercing cartoon on Twitter [https://twitter.com/drzimmermann/status/1388526687814656004?s=21]. It is a pastiche of the XKCD cartoon Types of Scientific Paper [https://xkcd.com/2456/], and creatively reimagines titles of papers that expose flawed thinking...