Workers need substantial say over the development of any new technology to be introduced in the workplace, and they should be actively involved in its design, in order to ensure that it fits their own needs. Technology that only serves the needs of management, rather than workers, should not be deployed at all.

Ideology starts as a story but soon hardens into a shield, and only you can decide if you want to let it down.

Software engineering could be licensed, analogous to how doctors or lawyers are licensed, starting with roles that could present the greatest downsides if done poorly.

That means universal healthcare. It means better funded primary and secondary education and tuition-free post-secondary education, with courses geared towards human flourishing rather than merely meeting the skills needed by existing corporations. It means public banking, along with higher wages and lower costs of basic goods to reduce the need for

family of four that wishes to qualify for the program must be making under the area median income of $118,500, and also must have enough saved to afford the down payment on a several hundred thousand dollar home. And even with those restrictions, there aren’t nearly enough houses to satisfy demand — in 2017, there were 85,000 applications for only

It means liberating technology from the clutches of a mindless system whose primary aim is profit. It means creating a world where technology is developed according to different values, for different goals. In short, it means developing technology outside the logic of capital.

a brighter spotlight is a function of growth. The more wealth and power a startup has, the more people come to depend on it; it shouldn’t expect to simply abdicate responsibility for customers or workers or communities when convenient.

Failure is what allowed me to realise the folly of the amorphous goal I’d been chasing all this time.

People would work for companies on a project-by-project basis, then would go back to the hiring hall for the next project. One beneficial cultural effect would be to reaffirm that workers’ loyalty should be to their class, rather than to their employer.