The more I think about this, the more important it seems. JUSTICE, not FREEDOM, is what I want from software. Freedom could be a means, but is not the end.https://twitter.com/lizthegrey/status/1172926347603259392 …
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Replying to @sarahmei
By focusing only on freedom you end up with "software is just a tool", "guns don't kill people", etc. There's a reason the French motto is "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité" (I'm not sure how to exactly translate it, sorry). Already in 1790 they knew freedom alone wouldn't work
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Replying to @alexandrepretto @sarahmei
Or maybe "freedom, fairness, friendship". I fear some subtleties will be lost in translation whatever I try
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So let's be more wordy about it. Not going to expand on freedom, we already know the upsides and downsides all too well, but let's see how the two others work to balance it
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