About
Who are we
We are a small, interdisciplinary team of volunteers united by a shared concern for how systems and technologies shape human experience. Our backgrounds span consulting, data science and analytics, artificial intelligence, monitoring and evaluation, social sciences, policy, ethics, systems thinking, and human-centred design, allowing us to bridge technical rigor with human insight.
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As a team, we are developing the Dehumanizing Impact Index (DII) as an open, evolving framework. We combine analytical methods with qualitative judgement to examine impacts that are often overlooked, such as dignity, autonomy, connection, and meaning.
Our work is iterative and collaborative, shaped by real-world testing and feedback, with the aim of ensuring that progress remains accountable to human values.
What is DII
The Dehumanizing Impact Index (DII) is an independent, human-centred framework created to examine a simple but often ignored question:
What do we lose when systems and technologies become more efficient?
Across digital platforms, workplaces, public services, and emerging AI-driven environments, optimization has become the dominant goal. Speed, scale, engagement, and productivity are measured meticulously. Yet the impact of these systems on human dignity, empathy, autonomy, attention, and meaning remains largely unmeasured and frequently invisible.
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Why DII Exists
DII exists to make that impact visible.
Modern systems rarely intend to dehumanize.
They dehumanize by omission, by overlooking the human costs that do not fit neatly into dashboards or KPIs.
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The Dehumanizing Impact Index is being developed to address this gap by offering a structured way to assess how technologies, policies, and institutional practices affect the human experience behind the metrics.
DII does not oppose technology, automation, or efficiency.
It asks for accountability to human values alongside them.
Our Philosophy
At the heart of DII is a clear principle:
Human beings are not merely users, data points, or resources.
Progress that ignores lived experience, emotional presence, and meaning may be efficient, but it is incomplete.
DII treats dehumanization not as a moral accusation, but as a measurable systemic outcome that can be identified, discussed, and corrected.