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This question to me is whether computing & tool-making is something the species is involved with, or whether a few technocratic autocrats are the only ones with
by jauntywundrkind 3y ago
This question to me is whether computing & tool-making is something the species is involved with, or whether a few technocratic autocrats are the only ones with the power to see, learn, and shape the world around them.
I would not have the 21st century be the one where we turn back and decide 99.99999% of humanity can no longer be toolmakers in the world, can no longer have access, instruments & observations.
- smoldesu 3y agoI mean, platform interoperability has also enabled a great deal of 21st century advancements. The internet, telecommunications, commercial aviation, standardized power and serial data delivery et. al have all pushed their prior iterations past proprietary concepts into neatly operating standards. It's a sentiment as old as time; order and chaos exist within one another. A constantly changing ecosystem will reward anyone that introduces standards, and a fully-standardized system needs change to progress. Both sentiments serve their purpose, but many modern amenities are better off partially regulated than left entirely unchecked. Good examples include medicine and copyright.