I love reading about how companies create technology that meets their own special needs, whether that be scaling, special business problems, etc. I would like t

I love reading about how companies create technology that meets their own special needs, whether that be scaling, special business problems, etc. I would like to see more languages supported by Tencent’s RPC framework (Common Lisp :-) ) but they are covering their own needs. One quote in the article “Industrial fragmentation and decoupling of technology will harm the long-term interests of mankind.” affected me because for a long time I believed in individual effort, the efficacy of small teams, etc. Now I think as much about society as technology, where we are headed, and what does the most good for the most people. I see massive loss of privacy freedoms but I also see the need for getting every bit of productivity from all resources: human and environmental. I have a rosy and optimistic view for the future, but it will involve what I expect to be radical changes in societies, increasing power of elites in general and tech companies in particular. Huge companies sharing technology and affecting standards is one way to squeeze maximum efficiency out of the systems that support the world’s population.