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Also, plenty (if not most) of people on the left of the political spectrum are very enthusiastic about tech: solar energy, wind energy, distributed energy systems, computing on the edge (even with that smart toaster), decentralised networks, free and open-source software, and right-to-repair initiatives. (1/3)
We just prefer technologies that empower communities and protect the environment, rather than those designed to enclose the digital commons and extract our data.
It is simply absolutely dishonest to say that left-leaning people are, in general, Luddites and anti-tech. No. We need tech. We love tech. What we do not like is wasting resources, or consuming purely for the love of capitalism and magic numbers that go up or down. (2/3)
The framing that “criticism of generative AI equates to technophobia” is a massive false dichotomy. People who say that are manipulative liars.
#TechEthics
#DigitalCommons
#RightToRepair
#GreenTech
#FOSS
#SolarPunk (3/3)
Luddites smashed the looms because it was both less illegal and less immoral than smashing the boss's skull
