Reimagining Justice

In episode no. 75 I speak with Jason Tashea, Consultant with the World Bank and Innovation Fellow at Vanderbilt University. We discuss: Jason’s motivation for his new project, ‘40 Futures’; the fine line between dystopian fiction and reality; Jason’s writing process and the ‘rules’ he set for himself in developing the project; ’40 Futures’ topics including technological surveillance, improper use of alerts, bio-data, digital privacy laws, automated police vehicles, use of genetic material and ‘the metitentiary’!; ‘Problem finding’ and ‘threatcasting’; the consequences and rights implications of technology or services; the principles that Jason shares that could guide development of technology; a real-world example Jason is working on with the World Bank; our short-term, quick fix approach compared to long term approaches; feeback he’s had from people outside the legal innovation community about the project; what popular TV shows like ‘Law and Order’ did for people understanding their rights; interdisciplinar