Aza Raskin

Aza Raskin (born February 1, 1984) is co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, and Earth Species Project. He is also a writer, entrepreneur, inventor, and interface designer. He is the son of human-computer interface expert and initiator of the Macintosh project at Apple, Jef Raskin. As an advocate for the ethical use of technology, Raskin is critical of the effects that modern technology has on everyday lives and society. Along with Tristan Harris, Raskin has extensively talked about the powers and potential dangers that technology poses to modern society in the podcast Your Undivided Attention. In 2019, he became a member of the World Economic Forum's Global AI Council. Raskin also coined the phrase "freedom of speech is not freedom of reach," which was the title of an article that he wrote with Renee Diresta. "Freedom of speech is not freedom of reach" has become a defining term to understand the large scale implications of platform amplification and free speech. The phrase has been publicly quoted by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey when banning political advertisements on Twitter. Raskin has been noted for continuing his father's work in project Archy, for working as head of user experience at Mozilla Labs and lead designer for Firefox, and for founding various start-up companies. Raskin is also known for inventing the infinite scroll. More recently, he has collaborated on virtual reality projects and zooming user interface (ZUI).

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