This is where the labor issues of new media dovetail with those of warehouse workers and delivery drivers. Amazon's planned worker chat app, "Shout Outs," bans a long list of worker-friendly words, including "union," "harassment," "grievance," and "injustice."
I can’t stop thinking about that Joy James clip I originally saw on @farhiatato’s page. ⛏️
How do we tunnel out?
What are our *tools* for tunneling out?
What are the frameworks for keeping the tunnel open long enough for others to come through?
What are the methods we’ll... See more
So all you need to do is understand the mechanics of the software, and the rest is pretty much collage. You don't have to actually build anything. All you have to do is paint the landscape in your own colors. It's perfectly possible to make a very professional game with an army of one. I simply call on a friend and collaborator who knows how to... See more
I love this mix of drama where life is lost, erosion is sad, mass extinction is terrifying; there's a creative beauty in this process of death and rebirth where the present becomes the compost of the future.
The internet’s real magic is that it gives us the power to see what the previous systems did not want or allow us to see: how connected we all are. Yes, we are all unique individuals, but between us are islands of connection whose depths carry infinite potential and the path to a new world.