I guess I'll just cop to the fact that I'm a meliorist and I believe that positive social change is *possible* through social action.
And, yes, human institutions are often riddled with corruption. We stake out different paths. — Doug On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 7:23 AM bo0od <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice speech but sorry to say it cant be on real because to be on real > you need to take down the corrupted system which is protecting these > evil big techs like microsoft,amazon,netflix..etc, And to take down the > corrupted system you need to take down or filter as well FBI,NSA,CIA, > Some police and military departments because whether you like it or not > these are heavily involved into the protection and driving these mega > corp to where they are now and later. > > Check for e.g: > > > - Joe Rogan Experience #1536 - Edward Snowden > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Rl82OQDoOc > > - The Corporation > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpQYsk-8dWg > > - EUROPA: The Last Battle (Not allowed to be on Youtube= Which is > exactly the freedom of speech!) > > https://www.bitchute.com/video/s1nPYDj7KBEQ/ > > or wikileaks or... Endless corruption. > > > > Raymond Saner: > > Doug, great and timely initiative! > > > > Raymond > > > > > > > > From: LT [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Doug > Schuler > > Sent: Saturday, 6 February 2021 02:33 > > To: LT <[email protected]> > > Subject: [liberationtech] Defund Big Tech, Refund Community: Another > Tech is Possible > > > > > > > > For the past 7 months, a group of us has been working on a report titled > "Defund Big Tech, Refund Community: Another Tech is Possible”. In this > report, we dive into the history of public investment in technologies at > the foundation of Big Tech, and the imbalances between these investments > and the returns to the public sector. We delve into the problematic labor > and user relations underlining the value-creation machine Big Tech has > assembled, and the perverse social and environmental costs of these > socio-technical systems. We set out arguments for why Big Tech should be > defunded, and offer potential actions Big Tech companies, governments and > policymakers, tech workers, researchers, civil society organizations, > social movements and individual citizens could take to redirect resources. > We end by offering prospects for what refunding community could look like, > how another tech is possible. > > > > > > > > We hope you can read it, it is posted here > https://techotherwise.pubpub.org/defund-big-tech. Please feel free to > share across your network. > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > — Doug > > > > > > > > PS. We also started a Tech Otherwise channel which we're hoping we can > put to good use as time goes on. The results of two other workshops are > also on the channel. > > > > > > > > > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major > commercial search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you > moderated: https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/lt. Unsubscribe, > change to digest mode, or change password by emailing > [email protected]. -- Douglas Schuler [email protected] Twitter: @doug_schuler ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Public Sphere Project http://www.publicsphereproject.org/ Mailing list ~ Collective Intelligence for the Common Good * http://lists.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci <http://lists.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci>4cg-announce* Creating the World Citizen Parliament http://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/may-june-2013/creating-the-world-citizen-parliament Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (project) http://www.publicsphereproject.org/patterns/lv <http://www.publicsphereproject.org/patterns/> Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (book) https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/liberating-voices
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