My view of this is passionate and grounded in years of experience, it is weaving together themes of grassroots activism, technology, governance, and the mounting challenges of #climatechaos leading to social collapse. On this Alt path, the often pushed liberal #foundation models, with their failures, can lead grassroots, community-driven projects to become corporate tools, diverting resources toward maintaining the status quo rather than social change. Examples of open source capture, projects like OpenAI initially emphasized openness but became increasingly closed and profit-driven once corporate interests got involved. The highlights the ease of capture by “#fashionista agendas.”
These failures underscore the need for governance models that resist centralization and co-option. The DIY, bottom-up approach is a powerful counter to these trends. #OGB and #DIY as tools for resistance and grassroots empowerment. Why #OGB Matters, the path aligns with the Fediverse’s ethos, emphasizing non-elitism, democracy, and simplicity. By prioritizing KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) paths, it is accessible and adaptable, governance that grows organically rather than being imposed.
The #Fediverse is native to anti-common-sense governance, centralized platforms like Facebook and Twitter impose governance that aligns with corporate agendas with profit over social good. Decentralized networks like the Fediverse allow for experimentation with paths that are participatory and community-driven.
This is an opening and opportunities for anti-“common sense” tools, reputation networks, building trust through reputation rather than encryption aligns with human-centric approaches. This cleanly moves away from paranoia-driven models (“trust nobody”) to systems that foster community bonds. The Fediverse is a template, with the decentralized, anarchistic roots of the providing a sandbox for developing governance models to influence broader #openweb paths.
This is a way to combat the #deathcult mentality, social collapse and #climatechaos, the persistence of behaviours that prioritize short-term gains over long-term survival, is a defining feature of the “deathcult”. Examples, governments doubling down on fossil fuels despite clear evidence of climate catastrophe. Corporate greenwashing that markets unsustainable practices as solutions.
In the #OMN and #4opens philosophy, simplicity matters, complexity often alienates the very communities that systems aim to empower. The OMN’s ensures accessibility, broader participation. The #4opens form a foundation for transparency and trust, which are essential for building resilience against co-option.
Practical applications are reputation paths, tools that prioritize human connections over algorithms, to strengthen communities. Human-readable systems avoiding jargon-heavy and technical solutions ensures the governance model remains inclusive. Let’s keep this #KISS
