Technology and government have both become highly centralized and concentrated, and entangled with each other more than ever before. What was a little kickback

Technology and government have both become highly centralized and concentrated, and entangled with each other more than ever before. What was a little kickback has become grift to the tune of millions in plain sight. "It's just a donation for a pet project" I grew up with that internet you miss. As noted, it became concentrated for various reasons related to network effect, uncontrolled M&A's, echo chamber attention traps, and now free porn that you can create, not just watch. It's still possible to humanize this internet, in terms of private and small group-oriented inventions, and the many, many unmet human needs out there. Seniors need help. "Where are the exoseletons?" "Where are the SAFE self-driving cars?". Students need help in these rapidly changing times when Calvinists are locking kids under 18 from dangerous things like compilers and code repo's. And so many others need help that is not coming from the tech bro's, who are way more interested in life-extension and various transhuman things. While medical research, vaccines and medical care are being savaged in favor of "supplements". Downvoting? I was downvoted to zero for doing nothing but quoting an article linked in an OP that mentioned "double-tap" air strikes. Techies need to care more about what they work on, and not in increasing Zuck's or Musk's or Jeff's wealth. X users are being doxxed [0], and big tech has sold out to a griftarian government. Bootstrap worthy things and let me/us know. Same here. Small is beautiful. [0] https://www.mintpressnews.com/x-users-find-their-real-names-are-being-googled-in-israel-after-using-x-verification-software-au10tix/290703/ https://www.mintpressnews.com/x-users-find-their-real-names-...