Human Dignity by Design – Tech Law in Context

Welcome to the Human Dignity by Design podcast where we explore tech law in context and discuss how law and technology can – and should – be designed to respect human dignity. I am Jan Trzaskowski and I am here to share research, thoughts and ideas on tech law and policy, including the role of fundamental human rights as guiding principles in business and beyond.In this episode you will hear my keynote presentation, which I gave on 3 October 2025 at The University of Pretoria’s International Consumer Law Conference. The title of the talk is Responsible And Sustainable Use Of AI – human Dignity and the End of Consumer Protection. Thank you for joining the Human Dignity by Design podcast. Find more information at humandignity.ai.

Welcome to the Human Dignity by Design podcast where we explore tech law in context and discuss how law and technology can – and should – be designed to respect human dignity. My name is Jan Trzaskowski and I am here to share research, thoughts and ideas on tech law and policy, including the role of fundamental human rights as guiding principles in business and beyond. In this episode you will hear a talk given at Copenhagen Business School in October 2024. The talk is an extended version of my presentation on ‘Human Dignity in AI and Tech Policy’ that I gave at DEF CON 32 in August 2024, which you can hear in episode 13. This episode concludes the first season of this podcast, which for the first 12 episodes serves as an audiobook version of my 2021 book Your Privacy Is Important to Us! (www.ypii.eu) that explores how to restore human dignity in data-driven marketing that relies on artificial intelligence. I am still contemplating what to bring in the following episodes and your feedback, ideas and suggestions are more than welcome. Music for this podcast is composed and performed by Tomas Raae (www.tomasraae.dk). Thank you for listening!

Welcome to the Human Dignity by Design podcast where we explore tech law in context and discuss how law and technology can – and should – be designed to respect human dignity. My name is Jan Trzaskowski and I am here to share research, thoughts and ideas on tech law and policy, including the role of fundamental human rights as guiding principles in business and beyond. In this episode you will hear my talk on ‘Human Dignity in AI and Tech Policy’ given at DEF CON 32 in August 2024. The talk is largely based on my book Your Privacy Is Important to Us! (www.ypii.eu) and is about hacking human behaviour and how tech law and policy can be informed by human dignity. I also introduce the concept ‘Big Tech Arrogance’, which covers situations where businesses [1] design their business models, including user experiences, in (very profitable) ways that go against their users’ interests and cost society dearly (leading to what Cory Doctorow calls ‘enshitification’), [2] use frames and storytelling to convince everyone that such a design is in their best interest and even inevitable, and [3] buy and gaslight regulators to avoid regulation (and taxation). Exposing Big Tech Arrogance is not an argument against making profits by using digital business models, but a matter of embracing competition, transparency and user empowerment, which ought to be basic and uncontroversial values in a market economy. Music for this podcast is composed and performed by Tomas Raae (www.tomasraae.dk). Thank you for listening!

Welcome to the Human Dignity by Design podcast where we explore tech law in context and discuss how law and technology can – and should – be designed to respect human dignity. My name is Jan Trzaskowski and I am here to share research, thoughts and ideas on tech law and policy, including the role of fundamental human rights as guiding principles in business and beyond. The first 12 episodes of this podcast are an audiobook version of my 2021 book Your Privacy Is Important to Us! (www.ypii.eu), which explores how to restore human dignity in data-driven marketing that relies on artificial intelligence. In this episode you will hear the twelfths and final chapter of Your Privacy Is Important to Us!, which sketches out some ideas for actions and conversations that the conclusions in this book give rise to. Music for this podcast is composed and performed by Tomas Raae (www.tomasraae.dk). My name is Jan Trzaskowski.

Welcome to the Human Dignity by Design podcast where we explore tech law in context and discuss how law and technology can – and should – be designed to respect human dignity. My name is Jan Trzaskowski and I am here to share research, thoughts and ideas on tech law and policy, including the role of fundamental human rights as guiding principles in business and beyond. The first 12 episodes of this podcast are an audiobook version of my 2021 book Your Privacy Is Important to Us! (www.ypii.eu), which explores how to restore human dignity in data-driven marketing that relies on artificial intelligence. In this episode you will hear the eleventh chapter of Your Privacy Is Important to Us!, which summarises and concludes on the research presented in this book. Music for this podcast is composed and performed by Tomas Raae (www.tomasraae.dk). My name is Jan Trzaskowski.