“It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but, on the contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness.” People are shaped by the “dominant social thinking” this should not be a radical thing to say as its obverses. People survive by deigning this, blinded to this obverse thinking. To stay blind,…
Let us tell a fabulous story of social technology
Looking at the history of socialhub you can see the history of Monocracy, Aristocracy and Feudalism in the #geekproblem The kings left long ago or never joined, why would a “divine” touch the muddle ground. The aristocrats in their social isolation still preen their fathers and try on their inviable cloths of gold and satin,…
A conversation about money and the #openweb
A conversation with the #NGO side of social technology: A. Just booked my place for ePIC next month in Lille. It’ll be my first time on the Eurostar! https://epic.openrecognition.org A decade ago, it was the first conference I went to as Mozilla’s Badges & Skills lead. Time flies. #OpenBadges #VerifiableCredentials #ePortfolios #conference #travel Q. these…
“now is not the time”
Using the power of #4opens
The #4opens has many useful roles, one that needs highlighting now is grassroots tech projects being pushed aside by obviously parasite #NGO and #fashernista tech projects that grow from them. Over the last 20 years, in my in-depth expirence this happens in every case The open process makes visible this #techshit so we can compost…
Have 2 #openweb videos to make
Have 2 videos scripts to do: * The #OGB why, what, were * The hashtag story, using all the tags to show the current mess and paths auta it. While defining each tag. This is a challenge. The script needs to end up as something like this https://visionon.tv/w/jqTdss1qrdk4yEZiQsnMU3 So looking for a list of bullet…
Ask the question of what needs fixing.
Open-Source Security: How Digital Infrastructure Is Built on a House of Cards – Lawfare” https://www.lawfareblog.com/open-source-security-how-digital-infrastructure-built-house-cards Can you see the underlining problem assumptions in this #mainstreaming agenda? Pushing ideas to “protect the commons” almost always ends up distorting the commons, there is a history in nature to this. As the article says in a round about…
Talking about the mess we are in
Q. Let’s just STOP worshipping the #deathcult as a first step away from this mess. We’re living in an age of permanent crisis – let’s stop planning for a ‘return to normal’ | Economics | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/22/economic-models-environmental-crises-fantasy-stable-growth-global-heating A. I agree that there is no “return to normal”, just as history did not end with…
Change and challange to compost the piles of techshit
Anyone interested in doing a sexy site for the #4opens think people need “official” look and feel to make use of this powerful tool to fight the #techshit #techcurn and help to reboot the #openweb Basically we need this on a nicely designed page with a bit of polish on the text https://unite.openworlds.info/Open-Media-Network/4opens/wiki Then link…
The fediverse is an “accidental” openweb reboot
The #fediverse is an “accidental” #openweb reboot by the #fashernistas, so it’s herding cats to get anything done, not a bad thing, not a good thing It’s what it is. One way to move away from this mess is #OGB grassroots #DIY producer governance. Otherwise, live (and die) with the mess, and try to stop…
ideas to work with
#stupidindividualism a full ideology with the last 40 years of #neoliberalism and a part of the liberal 20th century consensus. So it’s a strong #BLOCK Some ideas: * Every day, naming of the current “common sense” as worshipping the #deathcult is both true and useful in making #mainstreming uncomfortable. * The pushing of simple #KISS…