"I find the discussions about technical matters to be liberating and self-empowering, and I identify as “non-technical”. To be sincere, it was in the slow accumulation of technical knowledge and skills that I became excited about the future again. […] This feels antithetical to how people approach the internet today, but I don’t think that’s the case for the future."
https://coolguy.website/writing/the-future-will-be-technical/background().html
Damn, those parentheses really do throw off Mastodon. Let's try this: https://coolguy.website/writing/the-future-will-be-technical/background%28%29.html
"The present moment is one where companies are obscuring the depth of their technical processes to quietly profit off surveillance, oppression, and depression. The future is one where technology is reclaimed by everyone; it is open and welcoming and asking to be built by hand. I want us to grow towards that future with everything we share." https://coolguy.website/writing/the-future-will-be-technical/background%28%29.html
I'm liking this manifesto already.
@kensanata I found it a definite mixed bag. I started phlogging about this (half a year ago - gopher://circumlunar.space:70/0/~solderpunk/phlog/thoughts-on-the-future-will-be-technical-1.txt) but never came back to it. Might have to pick this thread up again.
@solderpunk I‘ve read those pages about detox and they don’t have that same kind of appeal as the beginning. We‘ll see how it goes. And I’ll have to read your post again!
@kensanata Yeah, that's one of the parts I found really weird. When the comparison to manipulative spouses was made I realised the author and I lived in very different mental worlds.
I did enjoy the part about the environmental and social impact of computer manufacturing and the moral imperatives stemming from this, it gets too little attention IMHO.
The manifesto has good parts and bad parts. It's certainly worth reading,