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
   

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2. 1
   ON THE STATE OF THINGS
   

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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
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5. Chief Conscience Officer (CCO)
   

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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
   

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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
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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
   

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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
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   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…
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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
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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
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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
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16. 2
    ON HYPOCRISY
    

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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
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19. Unspoken Influencers™®©
    

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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
    

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21. 3
    ON HELPING EACH OTHER
    

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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
    

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23. Midlife Crisis, Redefined™®©
    

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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
    

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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
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27. 4
    ON RESPONSIBILITY
    

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28. EULA
    

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29. End User License Agreement
    

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30. FOMO
    

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31. Without. Any. Accountability.
    

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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
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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
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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
    

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36. Technology is Liberal Arts™®©
    

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38. 5
    ON MONEY
    

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40. The better, stronger, faster, harder life is bullshit.
    This is an amazing piece.
    — Joshua Topolsky (@joshuatopolsky)
    https://t.co/aMZxh146Fs
    December 18,
    2017
    

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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
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42. Every penny that you have, is a penny that
    somebody else does not have.
    

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43. 6
    ON OUR REAL CUSTOMERS
    

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44. Hernún
    Why would I work in a project that will
    ultimately help you get rid of me, or others
    like me?
    

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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
    

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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
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47. Software Developers
    

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48. Software App Developers
    

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49. Software App Society Developers™®©
    

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50. 7
    ON TECHNOLOGY
    AS A FORCE FOR GOOD
    

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51. Adam Jones
    Technology's biggest problems are society's
    biggest problems. The endless need for
    growth and more money.
    All else follows.
    

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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
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53. REPL
    

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54. Read Evaluate Print Loop
    

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55. VIDEO PLAYBACK DISABLED
    

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56. mikeash
    mikeash
    @mikeash
    I just rebooted a light switch. What a time to be alive.
    66 3:39 PM - Apr 14, 2018
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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
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58. TO THE MEMORY OF BERTRAND
    

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59. THANKS
    

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60. BY
    MUSIC: "SPACE MAKER" FROM POCKET SYMPHONY BY AIR
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    AND THANKS TO THE TWITTER USERS STILL MAKING IT WORTHWHILE
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