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| − | + | Computers are destructive, nasty devices which pollute the ecological environment with radiation and heavy metals. most people exposed to computers seem to get a lot of mental pollution as a result. | |
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| + | things look awfully grim. consumer society is fundamentally unsustainable- resources such as forests and fossil fuels are consumed far faster than they are replinished. without extreme changes, it will all collapse. | ||
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| + | the historical Luddites, resisters of the first sweatshop factories, saw the destruction that industrial society was about to bring and resisted it tooth, claw and nail. it was not a mindless fear of technology that motivated them, but a desire to preserve a humane way of life. | ||
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| + | i consider myself a modern-day luddite- working to rebuild communities that have been the causualty of modern-day consumerism, and to act in solidarilty with those communities that have not yet been destroyed. | ||
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| + | community-driven projects, such as [http://gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Free Software], seem to be a powerful way to facilitate my goals, so i work with it exclusively, and develop some of my own for all to share. free software seems to me as one of the most successful radical movements in the world, and it's growing. | ||
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| + | so i work to reduce computer consumption by developing and exploring technologies that extend the usefulness of older computers... | ||
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| + | [http://freegeek.org Freegeek], duh. | ||
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| + | [http://lessdisks.net Lessdisks] | ||
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| + | [http://packages.debian.org/sdm SDM] | ||
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| + | [http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-nonprofit Debian NP] | ||
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| + | [http://debian-np.alioth.debian.org/debian/pool/s/simple-cdd simple-cdd] | ||
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| + | [http://debian.org Debian] | ||
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| + | [http://portland.indymedia.org Portland Indymedia] | ||
Revision as of 22:17, 3 February 2005
Computers are destructive, nasty devices which pollute the ecological environment with radiation and heavy metals. most people exposed to computers seem to get a lot of mental pollution as a result.
things look awfully grim. consumer society is fundamentally unsustainable- resources such as forests and fossil fuels are consumed far faster than they are replinished. without extreme changes, it will all collapse.
the historical Luddites, resisters of the first sweatshop factories, saw the destruction that industrial society was about to bring and resisted it tooth, claw and nail. it was not a mindless fear of technology that motivated them, but a desire to preserve a humane way of life.
i consider myself a modern-day luddite- working to rebuild communities that have been the causualty of modern-day consumerism, and to act in solidarilty with those communities that have not yet been destroyed.
community-driven projects, such as Free Software, seem to be a powerful way to facilitate my goals, so i work with it exclusively, and develop some of my own for all to share. free software seems to me as one of the most successful radical movements in the world, and it's growing.
so i work to reduce computer consumption by developing and exploring technologies that extend the usefulness of older computers...
Freegeek, duh.