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I came across an interesting podcast last week that discussed Ivan Illich and how his ideas relate to modern software. This may be of interest to anyone who wou
by truculent 5y ago
I came across an interesting podcast last week that discussed Ivan Illich and how his ideas relate to modern software. This may be of interest to anyone who would like to explore these ideas further:
“How is the state of modern software like losing at Tetris? Stephen Kell joins Henry to chat about Ivan Illich's thought (counter-productivity, radical monopoly, critique of institutions) applied to modern software culture! We talk about the software/hardware arms race, how our default is more is better, tech being all-consuming, the tyranny of updates. (recorded in Dec 2020) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/tetris https://hopeinsource.com/tetris ”
https://overcast.fm/+O8teSMuNU https://overcast.fm/+O8teSMuNU
- hzoo 5y agoThanks for sharing, I'm very interested in how his ideas might help us understand open source as well! Actually just posted a few chats recently on Illich, the last one speaking on this and related essays. https://hopeinsource.com/illich https://hopeinsource.com/illich, https://hopeinsource.com/silence https://hopeinsource.com/silence > "a commons is a space which is established by custom. It can not be regulated by law. The law would never be able to give sufficient details to regulate a commons."
- truculent 5y agoThanks, Henry. I have been very much enjoying working through your podcast episodes since discovering it.
- h0l0cube 5y agoIf you don't listen to The Convivial Society already, it's a blog/podcast that deep dives into the themes of Illich and his contemporaries with plenty of musing of its own https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/ https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/
- h0l0cube 5y agoEdit: and here's his musings on the OP article https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/impossible-silences https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/impossible-silenc...