This short book demystifies how the two systems of technology and capitalism work together and β¦
I want us all to be mechanics because none of us should be shut out from the workings of technology and capital; instead we should all be empowered to get under the hood and tinker with the machines, as well as take apart and (re) build the machines for our own purposes.
— The Mechanic and the Luddite by Jathan Sadowski (12%)
@gedankenstuecke This sounds like the anarchist declination of tech. Probably better than the capitalist one, but it still misses the real issue.
Technology is an agency amplifier. It's easy to misuse, at all levels. Agency needs to come with responsibility. Whoever acquires power needs to think about its impact on the rest of the world: people, communities, more-than-human life. Culture needs to encourage such reflection.
Indeed! Not having a specialization, that is an ideal of anarchism is not possible. We need reflection on the power.
I do not understand why anarchists maintain this belief as if it is a gospel. I found that dogmatism is not inherent on hierarchical structures, it so much exists in anarchism as well.
All my comrades at the moment are anarchists... I say this as a comrade.
@apostolis @khinsen @gedankenstuecke@bookwyrm.social funny enough, the second half of the title is "and the Luddite" and specifically is about power! The author wants folks to be both mechanics and Luddites, have the ability to understand and influence their tech and be able to interrogate it's power relations!
