Tea and Tech Season 5 ~ Episode 6

Tea and Tech Season 5 ~ Episode 6

From Tea and Tech Podcast by Technology and society talks in the time it takes to have a cup of tea

May 14, 2026 · 7 min · Episode 45

About this episode

The episode discusses the concept of decision distance and its impact on individuals affected by systemic decisions.

One of the risks I keep coming back to is decision distance.The further away decision-makers are from the people affected by their systems, the easier it becomes to abstract harm. A system may look efficient from a boardroom.It may look profitable on a dashboard.It may look scalable in an investor deck. But what does it feel like to the person downstream of that decision?

Topics covered

  • decision-making
  • system efficiency
  • abstract harm
  • boardroom decisions
  • impact on individuals

Keywords

  • decision distance
  • system efficiency
  • boardroom
  • profitability
  • scalability
  • impact
  • harm

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