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digging this podcast. i think ppl rlly need to change how they view technology especially those that work on it :/
Apr 21, 2025
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there is lowkey an unbelievable crisis in tech literacy atm, and working on the projects that i have over the last year has driven that home for me like nothing else. once upon a time, understanding how a computer worked was a precondition for using one. it isn’t anymore, and that is so unimaginably dangerous.
the total helplessness i’ve seen (some) people express in response to tech’s recent rightward turn has been deeply unmooring. i see people all the time who genuinely do not understand how the platforms and devices that *govern their entire lives* operate on a basic level. “the kids” didn’t become computer wizards - instead, the devices got good enough that they could abstract all of their actual functionality away from you.
the amount of power and control knowing even a little bit about digital technology can give you is immense. learn about http. learn about rss. learn about how servers operate. learn the absolute basics of programming. far dumber people than you are doing it every day in silicon valley, and they (and their bosses) are using those skills against you.
Jan 28, 2025
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HEAR ME OUT: I love technological optimism, and the idea of transforming previously destructive, colonial, and extractive systems into things that are nurturing for the collective good (rec: "Beyond Wiindigo Infrastructure" by Dr. Winona DeLuke & Dr. Deborah Cowen, Indigenous theorists talking about how to transform infrastructures beyond its colonial harm).
What I DON'T like is the fact that this god-awful long manifesto is just bootlicking capitalism, pushing the idea that eternal growth is possible (without any detriment to the environment or people around us), and arguing that the free market is going to end poverty lol. It's fake deep and like,, way too tone deaf to acknowledge the fact that in our society, for people to be "rich" there always has to be someone suffering at the bottom. The "market" doesn't exist without another person's expense.
Anyway read at your own risk I guess-- If you hate it, feel free to rant with me in the comments, if you like it then feel free to voice your take and I'd love to gain a fresh perspective.
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he’s the nicest guy i’ve ever met and i love cracking jokes with him. we haven’t hung out in a while but it was like we never missed a day
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if ur in chicago check it out at the art institute !! makes w me want to bind a book
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