Joseph Donia
@josephdonia.bsky.social
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Ethics and politics of data-intensive health innovation. Postdoc at the University of Milan. University of Toronto alum. #STS #DigitalHealth #AI #InnovationStudies josephdonia.com
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I am a new Expert Voices columnist @science.org and my first article just came out! In it, I argue that scaling technology has a dark side, particularly when it comes to alleviating inequality and injustice. And I suggest what scientists, engineers, and policymakers can do about it.
Beware the drive to scale technology
When it comes to technology, scalability—its capacity to be standardized and then distributed en masse and across contexts—is the ultimate goal. Scientists and engineers view scalability as the route ...
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💹 As the political underpinnings of value creation become ever more pressing, Science as Culture is making available free access the commentary "On the Political Vernaculars of Value Creation," by Fabian Muniesa, released almost ten years ago.

🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
On the Political Vernaculars of Value Creation
Published in Science as Culture (Vol. 26, No. 4, 2017)
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I’m often asked about the European Health Data Space (EHDS), so I thought I would put together a brief primer on the new regulation. For more information or additional resources feel free to get in touch: www.josephdonia.com/ehds
Joseph Donia - EHDS
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I'm thrilled to announce that Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen, co-authored and co-edited with my amazing collaborator Neda Atanasoski, is officially out now from Duke University Press! You can download the first chapter and buy the book here: www.dukeupress.edu/technocreep-...
The cover image for Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen.
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And because everyone loves a table:
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New review in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social. I unpack 5 normative logics of algorithmic accountability in health care, looking at what kinds of 'work' accountability is expected to do, who's meant to do it, and how they configure the algorithm as an object of reference journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Not sure if ‘depressingly relevant’ or ‘disturbingly prescient’ are the appropriate accolades, but am glad to have finally read this.
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Is Fort Knox's gold gone? Is X-DOGE QAnon's ultimate Quantum Financial System? Here! Your 2025 Guidebook! www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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I was always troubled by the participation craze in data governance, especially in countries/communities/groups where neither participation (voice) nor exit is a realistic option. Here are some reflections on data justice & its potential to defy datafication’s dehumanisation. More to come on this!
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"money has flowed to tech giants and others in their orbit... [and] raises an uncomfortable prospect: that this supposedly revolutionary technology might never deliver on its promise of broad economic transformation, but instead just concentrate more wealth" www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
ChatGPT’s $8 Trillion Birthday Gift to Big Tech
Two years in, generative AI’s value to the world is still unclear. But these charts show that it’s been a bonanza for the largest tech firms.
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