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Political Expectations
Finally, the new technologist does not limit themselves to the VC sprint arena of the past two decades. We believe that we will need to run for government offices with a platform around building products that work for constituents. We are comfortable and embrace roles in the public sector, financial industry, cultural industries, and more.
Reggie James • Political Expectations
Most directly the movement of pop-up cities / city founding projects. These are as bald as it gets in terms of developing a new politic through the technologist lens.
Reggie James • Political Expectations
We shifted from cyberpunk manifestos, to corporate networks and the commoditization of the user for economic extraction.
Reggie James • Political Expectations
Technologist tended to view their world as somewhat insulated, despite having mass impact on culture and society at large. But over the past decade, at minimum, there’s been far more collisions of scenes. Both production oriented and deeply intellectual.
Reggie James • Political Expectations
Cyberspace is a black hole. It absorbs energy and personality. And then represents it as an emotional spectacle. It is done by businesses that commodify human interaction and emotion. And we are getting lost in the spectacle.
— anonymous internet user
Reggie James • Political Expectations
The second reason I gave extra focus to the left in this essay is because of the relationship with the artistic class, which was the more important group I wanted to focus on. As a New Yorker and creative, I’ve seen how these folks articulate how they judge impact on the world and what it means for their personal production. This has to change. Thi... See more
Reggie James • Political Expectations
It’s always hard writing your first piece of the year. But with the upcoming inauguration, Luigi Mangione, the ramifications of illegal immigration I see behind my home in New York, the safety of our public transportation system... I know that I am witnessing an avoidable decline. That our political expectations are embarrassingly low. And that we’... See more
Reggie James • Political Expectations
I wrote recently in a tweet that there’s a rarity from technologist to say whether a thing is good or not. Instead they repeat that it is inevitable, and their actions show that they believe they should financially benefit from and “steer” that inevitability. That is a politically bankrupt position.
Reggie James • Political Expectations
We shifted from cyberpunk manifestos, to corporate networks and the commoditization of the user for economic extraction.
Cyberspace is a black hole. It absorbs energy and personality. And then represents it as an emotional spectacle. It is done by businesses that commodify human interaction and emotion. And we are getting lost in the spectacle.... See more
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Reggie James • Political Expectations
Let’s start with the reality that this idea of satiating the internal of an individual is also deeply embedded in the philosophy of internet technologies. That Ayn Rand was, and maintains to be, a philosophical hero that helped to invent the mythos of the self-made Silicon Valley hero that many founders strive to be.