Hello World, Up Next In Tech is officially here. 👾
Direct to Community Marketing, Responsible AI, and Hype vs. Momentum.
Have you ever had an idea, but always managed to keep it tucked away on a sticky note?
Well that was this podcast, for me, for five years.
But as a brand new mom, I want to show my son what it looks like to bet on your own ideas, so here we are and I’m SO excited for it.
Welcome to Up Next In Tech with Ariba Jahan!
I started this podcast to create a more diverse narrative around emerging tech and innovation, so we have more unique origin stories to look to for inspiration and a wider range of lens into its creative possibilities, limitations and considerations.
So let’s come together, get curious and build the future we want to see together because the future starts now. Check out the trailer for more information on the show and upcoming guests.
Kicking off Season 1 🚀
You can tune in to the show on Spotify, Apple, Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts.
Unlocking the Power of DAOs and Web3 Marketing with Simon Yi of Myosin xyz
Did you know that Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are actually not that new, and communities (especially immigrant communities) have been organizing as collective cooperatives for eras? I loved this insight from Simon Yi, co-founder of Myosin.xyz who came on the podcast where we discussed:
Simon’s career pivot from finance to growth marketing to web3
The shift from direct to consumer to “direct to community” marketing
the potential of web3 and blockchain that keeps him building his service DAO
Simon’s mindset on being a serial quitter and how that allowed him to become an entrepreneur
One of my biggest takeaways from Simon was “Be brave enough to suck at something new”, it reminded me how easy it is to learn new things and how easy it is to let fear get in the way. If you’re curious about any of this, then you’re going to love this episode! 🎧 Listen on my site, Spotify, Apple, Youtube or another platform.
Hype vs. Momentum: Decoding Cultural Patterns w/ Matt Klein of Zine
How do you know when something is a trend or just hype? What trends should we even pay attention to right now? In this episode I sit down with Webby Award-winning writer Matt Klein, a digital anthropologist and quantitative futurist who is the author of ZINE and Head of Global Foresight at Reddit. We chatted about:
Matt's unconventional background spanning psychology, film, media, and advertising
how to evaluate trends from hype vs. momentum when doing culture analysis
concerns about decline of public spaces, rise of loneliness, navigating misinformation in an era with Generative AI & Matt’s hot take on the metaverse
Matt’s hope for the future having more patience, openness, receptiveness, and nuance
Matt reminded me that "Culture is each of us. If we're to better understand what happens next in future scenarios or within culture, it's not single reports or individuals. It's a one-on-one." If culture, shaping futures and nuances are your jam, then dig into this episode. 🎧 Listen on my site, Spotify, Apple, Youtube or another platform.
Ethical Design, Dark Patterns and Responsible AI with Kat Zhou of <Design Ethically>
What does ethical AI even look like right now? The answer is complicated and I’m glad I got to speak with Kat Zhou, senior product designer and creator of <Design Ethically> to dig into her perspective on AI and much more. We chatted about:
Kat’s career pivot from pre-law to design
Her growing up as a first-generation daughter of Chinese immigrants
Overlooked human labor behind "automated" systems to unintended harm
Kat’s take on generative AI and the policies and regulations she hopes to have in place to protect people’s privacy and security
If you’re grappling with the tension between the pace of AI right now and ethics, this conversation is for you. 🎧 Listen on my site, Spotify, Apple, Youtube or another platform.
Thank you 🫶🏽
Thank you for reading and tuning in. If you liked what you heard, I would really appreciate getting the word out and any reviews on my new podcast on Apple Podcast and Spotify to help more people discover the show.
Be sure to hit subscribe on the channels you like to use and come back, so we can keep exploring what’s up next in tech so we can collectively keep shaping it together. Until then - stay curious!