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A Quest For A Better World

A Quest For A Better World

The title says it all.

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

Adrian Kosmaczewski

April 17, 2018
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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Aral Balkan (@[email protected]) Aral Balkan (@[email protected]) @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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. The better, stronger, faster, harder life is bullshit. This is

    an amazing piece. — Joshua Topolsky (@joshuatopolsky) https://t.co/aMZxh146Fs December 18, 2017
  18. 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
  19. Hernún Why would I work in a project that will

    ultimately help you get rid of me, or others like me?
  20. 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
  21. Aral Balkan (@[email protected]) Aral Balkan (@[email protected]) @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 (@[email protected])'s other Tweets
  22. Adam Jones Technology's biggest problems are society's biggest problems. The

    endless need for growth and more money. All else follows.
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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