A Quest For A Better World

The title says it all.

Speech:
https://akos.ma/blog/a-quest-for-a-better-world/

Transcript

1. A QUEST FOR A BETTER WORLD
2. 1 ON THE STATE OF THINGS
4. April Wensel April Wensel @aprilwensel Replying to @aprilwensel The tech industry is causing so much suffering to the people in it, using it, and indirectly affected by it. This is all connected, and only by valuing human beings and putting compassion first can we hope for any kind of peace. 169 5:25 AM - Apr 9, 2018 40 people are talking about this
5. Chief Conscience Officer (CCO)
6. Ancilla Ancilla @ncilla European Parliament proposes to grant personhood status to robots. Experts say nah gizmodo.com/experts-sign-o… 31 10:50 AM - Apr 15, 2018 38 people are talking about this
7. Mike Monteiro Mike Monteiro @monteiro Imagine being in charge of a platform where adults are harassing children who’ve survived a school shooting and doing nothing about it. 188 10:37 PM - Mar 25, 2018 50 people are talking about this
8. Aral Balkan (@aral@mastodon.ar.al) Aral Balkan (@aral@mastodon.ar.al) @aral It’s not AI vs people It’s not Big Data vs people It’s not robots vs people It’s corporations vs people. 548 11:14 PM - Feb 13, 2018 278 people are talking about this
9. Florian Albrecht Florian Albrecht @flo_muc “We cannot have a society in which, if two people wish to communicate, the only way that can happen is if it's financed by a third person who wishes to manipulate them.” – Jaron Lanierted.com/talks/jaron_la… 24 9:07 PM - Apr 14, 2018 See Florian Albrecht's other Tweets How we need to remake the internet How we need to remake the internet In the early days of digital culture, Jaron Lanier helped craft a vision f… ted.com
11. Ashley Mayer Ashley Mayer @ashleymayer Our future is either that we’re all Uber drivers and take turns driving each other around, or we’re all podcast hosts and take turns being each other’s guests...I just can’t decide which one is worse 2,969 4:45 AM - Apr 6, 2018 711 people are talking about this
12. fabrice fabrice ファビリセ @fabricetdc Everything works. That's very strange. Something must be wrong. This cannot be. 6 5:16 PM - Feb 20, 2018 See fabrice ファビリセ's other Tweets
13. Graham Lee Graham Lee @iwasleeg Software engineering's history—a bunch of kids thrashing about in Javascript, until a small collection of academics solve their underlying problems, which are then unified by the fearsome intellect of Ada Lovelace—works best in reverse. 36 1:48 PM - Feb 21, 2018 18 people are talking about this
16. 2 ON HYPOCRISY
18. Graham Lee Graham Lee @iwasleeg GCC was first released in 1987, and got comprehensible error messages in 2013. React was first released in 2013. 18 1:43 PM - Oct 2, 2017 See Graham Lee's other Tweets
19. Unspoken Influencers™®©
20. Logan Johnson Logan Johnson @loganj I wish Apple would take whatever money they're putting into Xcode and just give it to Jetbrains. 129 8:59 PM - May 20, 2017 · Johns Creek, GA 42 people are talking about this
21. 3 ON HELPING EACH OTHER
22. 1997: I am surfing the web 2007: I am browsing the web 2017: There is no verb for my useless, constant state of being — Liam Williams (@funnylad5) October 6, 2017
23. Midlife Crisis, Redefined™®©
25. Stephanie Hurlburt Stephanie Hurlburt @sehurlburt Replying to @sehurlburt Programming to me is a highly emotional act. My code is an extension of me. 249 1:17 PM - Jul 23, 2017 57 people are talking about this
26. Thomas Ptacek Thomas Ptacek @tqbf Replying to @tqbf Long story short: I do not accept the argument that tech is so well paid it can’t organize. Tech is so well paid IT SHOULD ORGANIZE. 175 6:01 PM - Apr 27, 2017 · Near West Side, Chicago 55 people are talking about this
27. 4 ON RESPONSIBILITY
28. EULA
29. End User License Agreement
30. FOMO
31. Without. Any. Accountability.
32. Andrew Andrew @_McGibbon We now live in an age where the streams of content we choose to consume literally effect the way we perceive reality. 11 8:05 PM - Nov 18, 2017 See Andrew's other Tweets
33. Marian Call Marian Call @mariancall MY SISTER TEACHES CELLO SHE REPORTS THAT HER NEW STUDENTS CALL SHARPS “HASHTAGS” CONCERTO IN F HASHTAG 233K 5:37 PM - Sep 6, 2017 73.7K people are talking about this
34. Rachel Thomas Rachel Thomas @math_rachel "It's not enough to ask if code executes correctly. We also need to ask if it makes society better or worse." cs.princeton.edu/news/patrollin… 213 7:22 PM - Oct 3, 2017 90 people are talking about this
36. Technology is Liberal Arts™®©
38. 5 ON MONEY
40. The better, stronger, faster, harder life is bullshit. This is an amazing piece. — Joshua Topolsky (@joshuatopolsky) https://t.co/aMZxh146Fs December 18, 2017
41. Sarah Mei Sarah Mei @sarahmei Replying to @sarahmei There's a whole separate rant here about how companies want loyalty from employees, but aren't prepared to offer it in return. 111 5:45 AM - Oct 26, 2017 21 people are talking about this
42. Every penny that you have, is a penny that somebody else does not have.
43. 6 ON OUR REAL CUSTOMERS
44. Hernún Why would I work in a project that will ultimately help you get rid of me, or others like me?
45. W. B. Yeats W. B. Yeats @Yeats_Quotes Have we not everything that life can give In having one another? 338 8:13 PM - Dec 21, 2017 161 people are talking about this
46. Aral Balkan (@aral@mastodon.ar.al) Aral Balkan (@aral@mastodon.ar.al) @aral “The future depends on giving people power again. Not power over. But power to. Power to realize themselves. The best, truest, and noblest in themselves.” – @umairh Daniel McMurray Daniel McMurray @DanielRMcMurray “Can We Build a New World Before the Old One Shatters?” by @umairh. Is creative destruction of civilization an advisable route? eand.co/can- we-build-a… 16 11:41 AM - Apr 9, 2018 See Aral Balkan (@aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s other Tweets
47. Software Developers
48. Software App Developers
49. Software App Society Developers™®©
50. 7 ON TECHNOLOGY AS A FORCE FOR GOOD
51. Adam Jones Technology's biggest problems are society's biggest problems. The endless need for growth and more money. All else follows.
52. Dan Allen  Dan Allen  ✌ ✌ @mojavelinux Heard Wind of Change during dinner tonight and it reminded me of a time when we tore down walls. 2 7:33 AM - Apr 15, 2018 See Dan Allen  ✌ 's other Tweets
53. REPL
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55. VIDEO PLAYBACK DISABLED
56. mikeash mikeash @mikeash I just rebooted a light switch. What a time to be alive. 66 3:39 PM - Apr 14, 2018 See mikeash's other Tweets
57. Krishnamurti Krishnamurti @K__Quotes When you understand the outer then you can go very deeply inwardly and that inward depth has no limit 95 2:50 AM - Jun 21, 2017 50 people are talking about this
58. TO THE MEMORY OF BERTRAND
59. THANKS
60. BY MUSIC: "SPACE MAKER" FROM POCKET SYMPHONY BY AIR VIDEO: SLIDES: SPECIAL THANKS: HERNÚN, ADAM JONES, BEATRICE SIGRIST CHARBONNIER, JONATHAN ROTHWELL AND THANKS TO THE TWITTER USERS STILL MAKING IT WORTHWHILE ADRIAN KOSMACZEWSKI CHASE, BY PÁRAIC MC GLOUGHLIN GITPITCH