Thanks for sharing Doug If another tech is possible, then we want to know how to be part of it I also think another tech is possible, and have quite a lot of views about it :-) how to participate/engage?
On Sat, Feb 6, 2021 at 9:33 AM Doug Schuler <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > -- > 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 > -- > 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].
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