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“Tech Without Losing Your Soul” examines tech’s power and influence across geographies, the burnout and loneliness of a tech-infused culture, the ethical dilemmas facing tech workers today, and the possibilities for balancing our relationship to technology. The goal is to explore, process, and challenge unhealthy and exclusionary ideas about innovation and restore the parts of ourselves that are getting lost in a world awash with algorithms, bots, oligarchies, and infinite information.

You can expect a range of writing and conversations exploring timely tech industry analysis and lived experiences, delivered directly to your email. Recent essays have examined tech’s power struggles, tech worker burnout, and an interview with Claire Stapleton, co-organizer of the historic 2018 Google walkout, where over 20,000 Google employees worldwide walked out in protest of sexual harassment, misconduct, discrimination, and lack of transparency.

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About the author ✍🏼

I’m Lauren Celenza, (she/they, SE-LEN-ZA).

I’m a digital designer, writer, and advocate for equity and care in technology and its industry. My design work and essays have appeared in Fast Company, Forbes, CBS News, PBS News Hour, and In These Times. In 2022, I petitioned for the Silenced No More Act in Washington state, prohibiting employers from silencing workers on issues of discrimination, retaliation, and wage violations.

As a designer, I’ve led product launches with Code for America, Google Maps, and The World Resources Institute, on new technology and AI for free tax filing, inclusive maps, and land restoration. I teach digital design and ethics at Harbour.Space University in Barcelona and support scholarships for emerging designers worldwide. Views, of course, are my own.

In addition to this newsletter, I recently launched the TECH WITHOUT LOSING YOUR SOUL video podcast, where I interview a new guest each episode, ranging from people who sit inside–and outside–of the tech industry bubble. I’m also an interview journalist for UNFINISHED, a festival celebrating art, design, and democracy.

The finite nature of life and the infinite information around us makes our attention a remarkably powerful and rare thing, and I feel grateful that you’d consider giving this newsletter yours.

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Lauren is a writer and digital designer in Seattle. Her essays and commentaries on tech, design, and equity have appeared in Fast Company, Forbes, Fortune, In These Times, and others.