ron salajA new note from my website: “Generative themes without Generative AI”: https://meaningmaking.it/generative-themes-without-generative-ai-nutella-orangutans-and-a-dialogue-with-my-son/
Waywords Studio𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗣𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱" 𝗯𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹𝗼 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗲 -
This might be the 4th time I've read Freire through, but every re-visit re-invigorates. This time I'll be reading a series of his works in preparation for my next book. Heavy lift here, but worth it.
#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #education #nonfiction #paulofreire #freire #literacy #pedagogy #criticalliteracy
Josef MuehlbauerAuf der Encuentro Konferenz haben u.a. Priester und Nonnen über ihre Friedensarbeit gesprochen und ich stand kurz vor den Tränen.
Es ist unglaublich wie Menschen täglich so viel Leid erfahren, tote Menschen auf den Straßen als "Alltag" erleben und dennoch lächeln können, dennoch täglich aufstehen und kämpfen.
Diese Menschen die trotzdem das Gute in der Menschheit sehen, das sind die wahren Held:innen.
Habe große Ehrfurcht vor diesen Befreiungstheolog:innen! @kardinalkoenighaus
Giacomo Tesio@[email protected]
300MLoC... and turning programmers into alienated, easy to replace, gears.
Gears eagger to contribute to users' exploitation (in the case of #BigTech) or just unaware of their own alienation.
Note that I'm in no way debating your argument: you are right, the current IT industry needs tools like #Rust or #Kubernetes to reduce their workers' autonomy, standardize their experience, homologate their behaviors and beliefs.
All to exploit their energy and funnel their creativity to its own goals (maximize owners' profits and power).
And just like #Freire descibed in The pedagogy of the oppressed, developers interiorize the tools of their own oppression, improving their efficacy and efficency.
Thats how some techs go from hype to religion, #cargo culting and all.
But is this progress?
Is it "moving forward"?
Towards what kind of world?
You may or may not enjoy such evolution of our profession.
I don't.
Basically because I understand well where it leads both for us and everybody else.
For example, back in the 90 #FreeSoftware licensing was empowering devs because the inherent complexity of software was lower. Now you have all these permissively licensed molochs (kernels, browsers, compilers, orchestrators... but even standards) no single human can meaningful hope to fully understand.
The 4 freedoms granted by the licenses are voided for people and can only be exploited by big corporations.
But even on a pratical level, the practices our industry want from us are boring, convoluted, exhausting.
We are trained (mind-washed) to believe such practices are the best for #security, #scalability and what not. But the best of us, such as @[email protected], end up discovering they are all designed to solve problems that we don't have (or for problems that such artificial unneeded complexity creates). We learn that ultimately such tools and practice steal us of the joy of our passion for no real advantage (to us).
That's not #philosophy.
It's just reasoning on the trajectories of our field without the usual corporate blinkers.
@[email protected] @[email protected]
300MLoC... and turning programmers into alienated, easy to replace, gears.
Gears eagger to contribute to users' exploitation (in the case of #BigTech) or just unaware of their own alienation.
Note that I'm in no way debating your argument: you are right, the current IT industry needs tools like #Rust or #Kubernetes to reduce their workers' autonomy, standardize their experience, homologate their behaviors and beliefs.
All to exploit their energy and funnel their creativity to its own goals (maximize owners' profits and power).
And just like #Freire descibed in The pedagogy of the oppressed, developers interiorize the tools of their own oppression, improving their efficacy and efficency.
Thats how some techs go from hype to religion, #cargo culting and all.
But is this progress?
Is it "moving forward"?
Towards what kind of world?
You may or may not enjoy such evolution of our profession.
I don't.
Basically because I understand well where it leads both for us and everybody else.
For example, back in the 90 #FreeSoftware licensing was empowering devs because the inherent complexity of software was lower. Now you have all these permissively licensed molochs (kernels, browsers, compilers, orchestrators... but even standards) no single human can meaningful hope to fully understand.
The 4 freedoms granted by the licenses are voided for people and can only be exploited by big corporations.
But even on a pratical level, the practices our industry want from us are boring, convoluted, exhausting.
We are trained (mind-washed) to believe such practices are the best for #security, #scalability and what not. But the best of us, such as @[email protected], end up discovering they are all designed to solve problems that we don't have (or for problems that such artificial unneeded complexity creates). We learn that ultimately such tools and practice steal us of the joy of our passion for no real advantage (to us).
That's not #philosophy.
It's just reasoning on the trajectories of our field without the usual corporate blinkers.
@[email protected] @[email protected]
Flancianfree the oppressed,
free the oppressor
said #Freire
In #Flancia we'll meet
Muir#Pedagogy and Class Power: Reclaiming #Freire in an Age of Reaction
https://mronline.org/2025/06/12/pedagogy-and-class-power-reclaiming-freire-in-an-age-of-reaction/
https://mronline.org/2025/06/12/pedagogy-and-class-power-reclaiming-freire-in-an-age-of-reaction/
Pedagogy and Class Power: Reclaiming Freire in an Age of Reaction | MR Online
In the early decades of the twenty-first century, education has become a frontline in the ideological struggle over the future of global capitalism. The coordinated assault on teachers, curriculum, and institutions of public learning is not an isolated culture war but a structural feature of neoliberal governance. In this context, the pedagogical philosophy of Paulo
World Concert HallRight now, Nabais plays de Lourdes #Gentil, da Ponte #Freire #Rezende #Aragão #Rosa and #Ross in #Lisbon https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/nabais_plays_de_lourdes_gentil_da_ponte_freire_rezende_aragao_rosa_and_ross_in_lisbon/87707/ #wch
Nabais plays de Lourdes, Gentil, da Ponte, Freire, Rezende, Aragão, Rosa and Ross in Lisbon - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
Marta Nabais, piano, plays: Maria DE LOURDES: Martins Ritmite. Teresa GENTIL: da explicação para tudo. Ângela DA PONTE: Seis aparições de Lenine sobre um piano. Léa FREIRE: Turbulenta. Marisa REZENDE: Mi...
In 25 minutes, Nabais plays de Lourdes #Gentil, da Ponte #Freire #Rezende #Aragão #Rosa and #Ross in #Lisbon https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/nabais_plays_de_lourdes_gentil_da_ponte_freire_rezende_aragao_rosa_and_ross_in_lisbon/87707/ #wch
Nabais plays de Lourdes, Gentil, da Ponte, Freire, Rezende, Aragão, Rosa and Ross in Lisbon - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
Marta Nabais, piano, plays: Maria DE LOURDES: Martins Ritmite. Teresa GENTIL: da explicação para tudo. Ângela DA PONTE: Seis aparições de Lenine sobre um piano. Léa FREIRE: Turbulenta. Marisa REZENDE: Mi...
Today, Nabais plays de Lourdes #Gentil, da Ponte #Freire #Rezende #Aragão #Rosa and #Ross in #Lisbon https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/nabais_plays_de_lourdes_gentil_da_ponte_freire_rezende_aragao_rosa_and_ross_in_lisbon/87707/ #wch
Nabais plays de Lourdes, Gentil, da Ponte, Freire, Rezende, Aragão, Rosa and Ross in Lisbon - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
Marta Nabais, piano, plays: Maria DE LOURDES: Martins Ritmite. Teresa GENTIL: da explicação para tudo. Ângela DA PONTE: Seis aparições de Lenine sobre um piano. Léa FREIRE: Turbulenta. Marisa REZENDE: Mi...