This is obvious, but if people broadly rely on a black box to give them answers that help them understand the world, whoever controls the black box controls those answers and therefore the understanding that comes from them.
Openness is safety.
The Holocaust was organized on IBM punch cards. Hitler gave the head of IBM, Watson, a medal for his services. Later, they named their AI tech after him. Anyway, in unrelated news: #Democracy
Bluesky’s trying something no one’s pulled off before: building a protocol and a business model around openness. They’re hiring a Head of Product. I’m not applying - but here’s how I’d approach it.
"I've been experimenting with integrating my news publication project with the Fediverse for nearly half a decade." Such a valuable summary. #Fediverse
"The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage, a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China." #Democracy
I'm on my way back from the International Journalism Festival in Perugia - and I left more hopeful than I’ve been in years. A reflection on product, tech, open source, federated platforms, and the future of journalism: #ijf25 #journalism #opensource
Very excited to be at an in-person @npub163hd...mv0n aperitivo at #IJF25. @Andy Piper is welcoming us all and setting the stage. The #fediverse can help build a more free, more international, more democratic social web.
"A year after leaving Substack in early 2024, newsletter writers are making more money peddling their words on other platforms." Mostly Ghost and Beehiiv. #Media
In a world where people are deported for liking an Instagram post, I worry that we’re making a huge mistake by building open social protocols that don’t have privacy at their core. I’m glad people are working on it.
