My talk at the Diplosphere 2023 conference in Wellington. Kia ora koutou, ko Dave Moskovitz ahau. I’m Dave Moskovitz, and I know many you in this room in a variety of contexts, either as an entrepreneur, an investor, a company director, a software developer, and other things too. But today, I am going to be…
Continue reading →Algorithms must be explainable and subject to human review and audit, through an ongoing multistakeholder process funded by those profiting from online activities – Statement to the Christchurch Call second anniversary summit
Continue reading →We need entrepreneurs to build the next economy, built on true value add and sustainable principles. We can all be entrepreneurs. We can all be heroes. We can all find opportunities and use our life knowledge and sixth senses to find new ways of doing things. We’re a team of five million. We can do things we’ve never done before.
Continue reading →I was invited to address an Incident Response Workshop today organised by YouTube and the other GIFCT members. Here is what I had to say. Kia ora tatou! I’d like to start with a moment’s silence in memory of the 51 people who died in the Christchurch terror attacks. I’m Dave Moskovitz, and I come…
Continue reading →I was part of a panel today run by InternetNZ on Hate and the Internet. The event was framed as follows: There is increasing discussion about hate speech and the issues associated with the publishing and circulation of hateful content online. But what is hate speech? And what does it mean in a New Zealand…
Continue reading →What do angel investors like me look for in investable early-stage companies? It’s all about: You and your team Your market Your startup Your progress Your financial plan Your investment terms Your other investors (and a few other things too). Watch the video of a talk I gave on the subject at CreativeHQ‘s Startup Garage…
Continue reading →There’s only one thing I want to say today: Christchurch, you beauty! When people ask me what I’m about, I tell them I’m building the future I want to live in. We’re all doing that today, here at Lightning Lab Christchurch Demo Day. Look around you. The New Christchurch is filled with diversity and entrepreneurial…
Continue reading →So they asked me what TEDx talk I’d like to give in ten years time. My answer was: The End of Money
Continue reading →Last week, I was invited to be part of a panel discussion hosted by the Victoria University Religious Studies Department on the topic of whether there should be limits to absolute media freedom of expression. Prof Paul Morris provided an opening statement. Joining me on the panel were Tayyaba Khan, Jenny Chalmers, Tom Scott, Selva…
Continue reading →In the wake of the recent Paris killings, I helped organise an interfaith meeting of Jews, Christians, and Muslims at the Kilbirnie Islamic Centre. All three faiths denounced the killings, as per our media release from the Wellington Council of Christians and Jews. The meeting had reasonably good media coverage from Radio NZ, One News…
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