We’re dumbing and locking down computers, teaching everyone to fear them, at the same time that we insist computing is the future of work.
What the big tech corporations seem to want is a permanent underclass of computer illiterates whose function in life is simply to feed the loot boxes and subscriptions.
Jeff Johnson /
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2024-07-04 17:31:08
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