https://locusmag.com/2020/01/cory-doctorow-inaction-is-a-form-of-action/
"It’s time to stop trying to fix the platforms and time to start working
on fixing the internet. Even if the “group of five websites, each
consisting of screenshots of text from the other four” is made more
civil and less toxic (it won’t!), we should still demand a better
internet. Relying on the noblesse oblige of the perpetual Lords of the
internet to manage the digital nervous system of the 21st century would
be a bad bet even if these guys weren’t completely ordinary mediocrities
who are no more suited to managing the online lives of billions of
people than you or I are.
A restored internet is one that values pluralism (power diffused into
many hands) and self-determination (you get choose which tech you use
and how you use it). Achieving a pluralistic internet of technological
self-determination will be a long process, but the tools to attain it
are well understood"
Via Xenophrenia.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
Fri, 10 Jul 2020 05:55:18 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://locusmag.com/2020/01/cory-doctorow-inaction-is-a-form-of-action/
"The thing is, turning the internet into “five websites, each consisting
of screenshots of text from the other four” is a pretty ugly business.
This concentration of market power means that just a few executives
wield tremendous power over our political, romantic, educational,
employment, civic, family, and social lives. When they get it wrong, it
makes things terrible for millions of people."
Via Guy Geens.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
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