48 lines
2.2 KiB
HTML
48 lines
2.2 KiB
HTML
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{% extends "base.html" %}
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{% block content %}
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<h2>Technology</h2>
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<p>
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I love technology, as a kid, now as an adult.
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I wanted to discover things and create new stuff.
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It is the reason that I went into chemistry for my undergrad.
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Followed various discoveries and new creations closely for a long time.
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</p>
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<p>
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Science fiction has alway been a happy place for me, imaginings of the amazing worlds that we could build.
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Some cautionary tales, some uplifting.
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Always thought provoking.
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</p>
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<p>
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Something has happened to our technology though, at least in the mainstream and it no longer feels like that.
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No more hope, no more aspiration, the effort to build a new future to make life better for everyone.
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It is now all manipulation, extraction, subjugation.
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And it does not show any signs of getting better.
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Not from the top down anyway.
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</p>
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<p>
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Our worldwide digital infrastructure is owned by a handfull of companies, under essentially no regulation.
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The get to dictate so much of what we do on the web and with tech in general.
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The gadgets, the tools.
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</p>
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<p>
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As a small aside I do currently work at one as can be found elsewhere on the website.
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I am looking for something different.
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I have been struggling morally with working for a company that I think the world would be better off without.
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Trying to transition without a period of unemployment ideally.
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</p>
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<p>
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I think those of us working in the tech space have the most responsibility to do something about this.
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The companies won't.
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We need to make new protocols, new software, new tools that are easy for anyone regardless of their level of tech literacy to use.
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The advantage the platforms have is obviously their monopoly, but they got that way through ease of use.
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</p>
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<p>
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People need to own their own data, presence on the web, digital services.
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Be able to move between hosts as they see fit if one does not meet their needs.
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Starting to put together a list of services that I think one would need to cover the vast majority of web interactions.
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Maybe the next project will be to try and build something to make some of those easier to self host.
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</p>
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{% endblock %}
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