“When I was in graduate school at MIT I was trying to think about how to develop software and systems for farmers and villagers in India. In the process of doing that, I realized that my reference point was internal to the laboratory, rather than in the communities that I was wanting to serve. I realized that I could no longer assume what a good technology looks like from inside the laboratory; instead, I had to be in the world with people. Not just designing for them but with them.” PeopleThinkingWorldTryingSchoolCommunityTechnologyDesignAssumingI RealizedFarmersSoftwareGraduatesLaboratoryGraduate School Author:Ramesh Srinivasan
“I'm really interested not just in privacy for the individual but respect for the local communities. And I think we have a problem with both and whenever industries kind of become almost monopolistic they have to be challenged to be more responsible. We can challenge them in the press, in the courts and in regulation.” ThinkingKindProblemIndividualCommunityChallengesResponsiblePrivacy Author:Ramesh Srinivasan
“I think the governments need to encourage internet companies and convince them that they can be extremely profitable without necessarily spiraling out of control. Without becoming monopolist.” ThinkingInternetConvince Author:Ramesh Srinivasan
