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Most of our tech is harmful
Harmful tech is not an accident. It is profitable. That is why better AI has to be built intentionally.
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The public feed.
Drumbeat is the canonical home for the public voice of Tech of Our Own: articles, image posts, videos, and future audio. Platforms are distribution. This site is the home.
Journal is for project milestones. Drumbeat is for the message.
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Vice is profitable
Extractive systems win by default. Human-serving systems have to be designed and defended deliberately.
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What if the whole stack were free?
What if operating systems, app stores, hardware, and apps were free, open, inspectable, forkable, and low-friction?
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Apps suck. Generally.
PWAs help break app-store control, but only a self-hosted, open full stack really changes the power relationship.
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Building before I preach
I had to get some practice before I could preach. The work has to be built before it can be shown.
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