

Technology is never just a tool
The future is not decided by whether we use #AI, it is decided by whether we allow the same old #dotcons logic to shape every new technology. Technology is never just a tool https://hamishcampbell.com/technology-is-never-just-a-tool/
The is a story about the tech mess we are in
hamishcampbell.comThe rise of the dogmatic, blinded #encryptionist mindset came out of real conditions of mass surveillance revelations (Snowden era), common sense #neoliberal distrust of states and corporations and the real harms of our worship of the (same neoliberal) #deathcult of the #dotcons
When we build networks this way, we decentralize power, not just servers. The #OMN Path: Openness as Revolution https://hamishcampbell.com/the-omn-path-openness-as-revolution/ Balancing the #fluffy (care, empathy, collaboration) and the #spiky (truth, resistance, boundaries).
Disciplined curiosity beats IQ, Oxford
Added a global section to this local post. The tragedy isn’t that technology failed, it is more that we let our technological imagination be captured by oligarchs. Prometheus gave humanity fire so we could build civilization together, not so a tiny #nastyfew tech CEOs can privatise the flame and sell back the light.
The real question isn’t whether technology will shape the future, it’s who controls it. Disciplined curiosity beats IQ, Oxford https://hamishcampbell.com/disciplined-curiosity-beats-iq-oxford/