To Fight Big Tech, We Must Seize the Means of Computation
"Musk is kind of an unsubtle example of the problem with Tech Bros," says Cory Doctorow.
This week on Movement Memos, I talk to author and activist Cory Doctorow about how Big Tech wrecked the internet and how we can seize the means of computation. You can find audio, a transcript, and show notes here (or you can check it out wherever you get your podcasts). We have focused a lot on tech issues this season because there is a desperate need for political education on this topic in our movements. As Cory says, “If you’ve never tried to organize a movement without the internet, I’m here to tell you, it’s really hard. We need to seize the means of computation, because while the internet isn’t the most important thing that we have to worry about right now, all the things that are more important, gender and racial justice, inequality, the climate emergency, those are struggles that we’re going to win or lose by organizing on the internet.” If you check out the episode, be sure to let me know what you think!
