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Re:Facebook Renames to Meta by newby on Thursday October 28, 2021 @03:14PM (#29030315)
> I honestly feel like 'if this is the future, I want no part in it.'

I feel like that about ever larger part of the whole tech world. I am torn - I can still muster a lot of techno-optimism when I think for example about possible benefits of advanced AIs for humanity. But than I imagine the world where the most advanced AIs are controlled by corporations like Google and Facebook... I have a bad feeling about this.

I am trying to find some reasonable middle ground between becoming a luddite and just continuing like I do not see all those unforeseen negative impacts produced by the genie that was once called the IT revolution.

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Re:Facebook Renames to Meta by bobmichael on Friday October 29, 2021 @05:10AM (#29036702)
Have you heard of solarpunk? It's a movement that arose out of a desire to balance techno-optimism with recognition of the dire need for technology that is more Earth- and human-friendly.

You might resonate with the manifesto: https://www.re-des.org/a-solarpunk-manifesto/

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