New capabilities can make us more connected, more productive, and more powerful. But capability alone cannot tell us whether we are moving in the right direction.
The more consequential our tools and institutions become, the more important it is to ask whose agency they strengthen, whose dignity they protect, and whose future they make possible.
Human flourishing as a compass
A human-centered approach does not mean turning away from innovation or avoiding difficult trade-offs. It means being explicit about what we are trying to preserve—and making room for the people most affected to shape the conversation.
Across technology, international affairs, and human rights, that is the question Bara returns to: not only what can we do, but what kind of world are we choosing to create?