Mary-Ellen Simper
On technology, humanity, and living well.

AI + THE GOOD LIFE

Human
Flourishing

Questioning big tech narratives and advocating for courage, agency, learning, and flourishing ๐Ÿชด

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Choose, don't default.

The SlowTeching Principle

I'm a learning designer and writer interested in a fairly big question: how do we help people learn and live well in a world increasingly shaped by technology?

I explore this through writing, learning design and emerging scholarship around AI, agency and human flourishing. My current project, SlowTeching, is one attempt to turn those ideas into practice.

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SlowTeching is an emerging framework for restoring human agency in a world where technology and automation are increasingly shaping how we learn and work. It's a reflective practice that can be used by practitioners and students regardless of platform, institution or future technology changes.

Drawing on three flourishing and wellbeing frameworks - the Harvard Human Flourishing Program, the OECD Wellbeing Framework, and the PERMA model - SlowTeching asks where technology is enhancing, hindering, or reshaping different aspects of flourishing.

Joy & Positive Emotion Meaning & Purpose Productive Struggle & Character Embodiment & Mental State Belonging & Community Material & Financial Balance