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Thanks for this. Having been a bit deflated by the state of tech, but this post has reinvigorated my optimism. Is there somewhere I can read more of your though

Thanks for this. Having been a bit deflated by the state of tech, but this post has reinvigorated my optimism. Is there somewhere I can read more of your thoughts? And do you know of any forums or groups for tech optimists building the future?

rektide 5y ago
One of the closest held set of beliefs that I hold is that software is empowering when it is malleable, adaptive, not fixed in nature, when it is observable & it's mechanisms are deeply learnable. A lot of these values are mirrored to me in Ursala Franklin's dichotomy of technology as either Holistic or Prescriptive, as tools that empower & enrich the user, or tech/tools that dictate & govern[1]. It's still a small & young community but these many principles line up very closely, are espoused by, in my mind, the Malleable Systems Collective[2]. I don't have a strong presence right now on the web but thank you, and I do want to be better gathering & gardening the digital aspects of my self online. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Franklin#Holistic_and_prescriptive_technologies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Franklin#Holistic_and_p... [2] https://malleable.systems/ https://malleable.systems/