Joy Aston
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Joy Aston
@JoyAston
Data/AI ethics @SciTechgovuk ✨ previously @RAEngNews 🧪 nature & the outdoors 🌱 views & nonsense my own (she/her)



Please don’t take consumer DNA tests. Please don’t give consumer DNA tests as gifts. You can’t control how the results will be used in the future and the results can affect the rest of your family. nytimes.com/2019/11/05/bus…

I met with a group of teenagers yesterday. One of their teachers had suggested that I talk to them about career paths because they're all anxious about exams, university choices and future work. Instead of talking to them, I listened, and the actual problem was very different.



psa: all the culture you liked from decades past was made possible by cheap rent and artists' pay keeping up with what things cost



70% of flights are taken by just 15% of people – a tiny, wealthy group. To reduce air travel, without it becoming the preserve of the wealthy few, we need to tax excessive flying. A frequent flyer levy is the fairest way to tackle aviation emissions. neweconomics.org/2024/04/sharin…


















