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<P><STRONG>Citizen-Led Social Experiments in Democratic Society</STRONG></P>
<P>As data science is poised to offer substantial benefits to society, it faces deep public mistrust, especially large-scale social experimentation. Do experiments undermine democracy by advancing paternalism and favoring experts over citizen voices? What might an "experimenting society" look like if the public had an active role in the design and interpretation of experiments on important public questions? The roots of this debate go back to the 1930s, and they have a profound influence on how we do data science today.</P>
<P>In this talk, Nathan will share the unlikely history of arguments over the role of experimentation in democracies. He will also showcase early work on CivilServant, a system that supports online communities to conduct large-scale social experiments, developing mass-replicated open knowledge on community moderation questions, independently of internet platforms.<BR></P>
<P><STRONG>Discussion leader: </STRONG><A HREF="http://natematias.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">J. Nathan Matias</A>, Data Scientist, PhD student at the MIT Media Lab Center for Civic Media, a fellow at the Berkman Center at Harvard and a DERP Institute fellow(<A HREF="https://twitter.com/natematias?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">@natematias</A>)</P>
<P><A HREF="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2ftwitter.com%2fnatematias&data=01%7c01%7cmatt.stempeck%40microsoft.com%7c1e433a3503b94d4b1f1708d3ae7e3b21%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=qq0ENWBbDhS0coXIxgG3Ey6r4rbIW6qDIuBeyz1rXos%3d" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">J. Nathan Matias</A><SPAN CLASS="Apple-converted-space"></SPAN>is a PhD Candidate at the MIT Media Lab and fellow at Harvard's Berkman-Klein Center who does large-scale research on<SPAN CLASS="Apple-converted-space"></SPAN><A HREF="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fcivic.mit.edu%2fblog%2fnatematias%2fmonitoring-explaining-and-intervening-field-experiments-and-social-justice&data=01%7c01%7cmatt.stempeck%40microsoft.com%7c1e433a3503b94d4b1f1708d3ae7e3b21%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=wckJp8PgyvqMT0dJzQQkZdyZq2BRaD6a0qLrMhFPyyI%3d" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">discrimination</A>,<SPAN CLASS="Apple-converted-space"></SPAN><A HREF="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.theguardian.com%2ftechnology%2f2016%2fapr%2f18%2fa-toxic-web-what-the-victorians-can-teach-us-about-online-abuse&data=01%7c01%7cmatt.stempeck%40microsoft.com%7c1e433a3503b94d4b1f1708d3ae7e3b21%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=t%2b%2bC1fk%2f%2fHQSrRO0UpiZVs51q3tj6tHDoGUGBFN8mpM%3d" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">harassment</A>, and<A HREF="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fnatematias.com%2fmedia%2fGoingDark-Matias-2016.pdf&data=01%7c01%7cmatt.stempeck%40microsoft.com%7c1e433a3503b94d4b1f1708d3ae7e3b21%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=neslpAqrEnHVUqdDSaTApbJXkNFkpL1hxswgrldWj2c%3d" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">social movements</A>. Before MIT, Nathan worked in tech startups that have reached over a billion users, helped start a series of education and journalistic charities, and studied postcolonial literature at the University of Cambridge and Elizabethtown College. He has published data journalism and in The Atlantic, PBS, the Guardian, and other international media.<BR></P>
<P><STRONG>About Machine Eatable</STRONG></P>
<P><SPAN>DataKind and Microsoft</SPAN><SPAN>Technology & Civic Engagement</SPAN><SPAN>present Machine Eatable, a lunchtime conversation at Civic Hall. This monthly lunch series offers a candid discussion led by community leaders around the latest happenings on the front lines of data science and social good communities.</SPAN></P>
<P><STRONG>RSVP Required</STRONG>(Light lunch provided)</P>
<P>Lunch served at noon, discussion begins at 12:30pm.</P>
<P><I>Follow the conversation: #machineeatable</I></P>
<P><I>Illustration by <A HREF="https://twitter.com/jonnygoldstein" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">Jonny Goldstein</A></I></P>
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