From Exponential Exclusion to Inclusion

Exponential technologies—artificial intelligence, digital biology, big data—will have an unprecedented effect on our futures. Techno-optimists often tout the benefits of inclusion due to technological growth, but what about exponentially growing exclusion? Globally, 2 billion people work in the informal sector. Will they become increasingly “invisible” because they lack digital footprints? Using her startup as an example, Tiffany Tong will present guidelines for building to include rather than exclude.