TERMS & CONDITIONS EP.1: The Junk Food of Connection (Aniyia Williams x Erika Alexander)

Terms & Conditions is a seven-part conversation series from The Tech We Want and Color Farm, hosted by Erika Alexander. Most of us click "accept" without reading, because the alternative is being locked out of the app, the ride, or the show. This series asks builders, artists, and organizers a different question: what are your terms and conditions with technology, and how do you set them on purpose? New episodes every Tuesday starting June 23 on YouTube. EP. 1: THE JUNK FOOD OF CONNECTION Aniyia Williams runs programs and policy at Omidyar Network, where her job is to fund the counterpoints to what Big Tech built. She tells Erika the deal we were offered, connection and empowerment, turned into the opposite, and that what platforms now serve up is the junk food version of the real thing. The dopamine hit, none of the nutrition. As Erika draws on her mentor Dr. Rev. William Barber's framing of this moment as a Third Reconstruction, Aniyia argues we're watching one system die and another being born. The job, in her telling, is to be one of the people building the next one. Collective wisdom, she tells Erika, is the real counterpoint to artificial intelligence. ABOUT THE HOST: Erika Alexander is an actor, producer, and co-founder of Color Farm, where she works to bring overlooked stories and storytellers to the center of culture. In Terms & Conditions, she brings that same instinct to technology: asking the people building alternatives what they accept, what they refuse, and what they rewrite. ABOUT COLOR FARM: Color Farm is a hybrid entertainment platform co-founded by Erika Alexander and Ben Arnon, pairing a for-profit studio (Color Farm) that develops film, TV, podcast, and immersive IP with a sister 501(c)(3) (Color Farm Impact) that turns that storytelling into social-impact programming. ABOUT THE TECH WE WANT: The Tech We Want is an Omidyar Network initiative dedicated to building a new tech ecosystem by centering, amplifying, and shifting power to the leaders, advocates, and entrepreneurs working toward a future where everyone thrives. CREDITS: Hosted by Erika Alexander. Produced by Roberto Drilea (for The Tech We Want) and Ben Arnon (for Color Farm). Cinematography by Chad Mobley. Editing by Chad Mobley and Roberto Drilea. Graphics by Studio J. Lorne. Filmed at The Impact Lounge hosted by Caspian Productions, during Sundance Film Festival 2026.