“Is there a technology that the left is excited about?!?”
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“Is there a technology that the left is excited about?!?”
- Solar energy
- Libraries
- Trains
- Vibrators
- Guillotines@thomasfuchs TORRENT! Decentralized computing and tinkering used to be about volunteer work for the benefit of the commons, once upon a time. It was only when social media invented influencers that chronically online people started getting obsessed with monetization and financial speculation.
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“Is there a technology that the left is excited about?!?”
- Solar energy
- Libraries
- Trains
- Vibrators
- Guillotines@thomasfuchs Everyone in the bottom 99% should have regular opportunities to use a vibrator or a guillotine until we achieve world peace.
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“Is there a technology that the left is excited about?!?”
- Solar energy
- Libraries
- Trains
- Vibrators
- Guillotines@thomasfuchs
- mRNA vaccines -
“Is there a technology that the left is excited about?!?”
- Solar energy
- Libraries
- Trains
- Vibrators
- Guillotines@thomasfuchs yes
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“Is there a technology that the left is excited about?!?”
- Solar energy
- Libraries
- Trains
- Vibrators
- Guillotines@thomasfuchs @alice Our elected leaders are really into text messages for fundraising.
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“Is there a technology that the left is excited about?!?”
- Solar energy
- Libraries
- Trains
- Vibrators
- Guillotines@thomasfuchs Computers, but when they're used to make people's lives easier and not extract every last red cent from them.
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“Is there a technology that the left is excited about?!?”
- Solar energy
- Libraries
- Trains
- Vibrators
- Guillotines@thomasfuchs That escalated quickly
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“Is there a technology that the left is excited about?!?”
- Solar energy
- Libraries
- Trains
- Vibrators
- GuillotinesI don't identify as either, but prefer any technology that saves, improves lives, nuff said.
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“Is there a technology that the left is excited about?!?”
- Solar energy
- Libraries
- Trains
- Vibrators
- Guillotines@thomasfuchs bicycles
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“Is there a technology that the left is excited about?!?”
- Solar energy
- Libraries
- Trains
- Vibrators
- Guillotines@thomasfuchs I have worked in IT & cybersecurity for 18 years and the only technology I am excited about anymore is kissing.
Other than that, decentralized anything.
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“Is there a technology that the left is excited about?!?”
- Solar energy
- Libraries
- Trains
- Vibrators
- Guillotines@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io misread that as "violins" which yeah, hella good technology
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@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io misread that as "violins" which yeah, hella good technology
@aisling I’ll allow it
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“Is there a technology that the left is excited about?!?”
- Solar energy
- Libraries
- Trains
- Vibrators
- Guillotines@thomasfuchs especially in combination:
- solar powered guillotines
- piezoelectric vibrators that charge themselves on the leaked motion of the daily train commute.
- librarians trained to administer free vaccines -
@thomasfuchs @alice Our elected leaders are really into text messages for fundraising.
@mikemccaffrey @thomasfuchs @alice wait the left has elected leaders?
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@thomasfuchs especially in combination:
- solar powered guillotines
- piezoelectric vibrators that charge themselves on the leaked motion of the daily train commute.
- librarians trained to administer free vaccines@PizzaDemon @thomasfuchs
- And pharmacists and medical professionals trained to share information and train patients in participating in their own health care -
@PizzaDemon @thomasfuchs
- And pharmacists and medical professionals trained to share information and train patients in participating in their own health care@thesquirrelfish @PizzaDemon you dream big, I like it
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“Is there a technology that the left is excited about?!?”
- Solar energy
- Libraries
- Trains
- Vibrators
- Guillotines@thomasfuchs
Also not mentioned yet: batteries! Lots of exciting developments there -
“Is there a technology that the left is excited about?!?”
- Solar energy
- Libraries
- Trains
- Vibrators
- Guillotines@thomasfuchs energy storage, if you're me. Re-wilding tech (which can be very tech)
Agricultural tech that walks back from high-fossil-inputs and pesticides, like agrivoltatics and regenerative agriculture.
Ocean cleanup and plastic removal tech.
Micro-mobility.
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“Is there a technology that the left is excited about?!?”
- Solar energy
- Libraries
- Trains
- Vibrators
- Guillotines@thomasfuchs Yes, although I gotta admit trains are less impressive to me the more that techbros try to reinvent them.
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“Is there a technology that the left is excited about?!?”
- Solar energy
- Libraries
- Trains
- Vibrators
- Guillotines@thomasfuchs Desalination and water purification.
