My most recent talk from #TEDxMuenchen is online ✊
“They Hijacked Our Tech—Here’s How We Fight Back”
#TEDx #inequality #authoritarianism #BigTech #Bitcoin #Blockchain #Ethereum #AI #CleanEnergy #Biotech #Biotechnology #monopolies #decentralization #democracy
#collective #collectiveOwnership #participation #collaboration #cooperatives #collaborativeEconomy #platformCooperatives #coop #startup #freedom
"It means platforms need to talk to one another, understand how each other’s technologies work, and find ways for actors who are not always used to collaborating to actually figure things out together. As you mentioned, the music industry and music distribution world often follow a startup ethos: get money, get users, grow big. This is the pattern we’d like to break from."
Louis-Louise Kay (#MOWUKIS), #Mirlo, 2025
https://diyconspiracy.net/mirlo-interview/
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@hosford42
> businesses could be owned by the communities themselves, as with the fediverse vs corporate-run social media
💯%. I presume you're familiar with the Platform Cooperative Consortium, as this is exactly their mission. But I'll share a link to their case study collection for anyone who isn't;
https://directory.platform.coop/
EDIT: PCC website working now, link fixed.
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Proud to showcase the early impacts of Cooperativa Digital funded by @digitalgoodnet, which delivered a 7-month co-design transformation for NGOs in Brazil: BRL12.5k income & creation of 5 jobs
My paper “Rethinking ‘Inherently Political Technologies’ Through Platform Cooperatives” is now out in Philosophy & Technology.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13347-025-00946-w
Using the case of #platformcooperatives, I revisit a key weakness in Langdon Winner’s seminal work on the politics of technology. I update and expand his notion of “inherently political technologies” and introduce what I call “inherently political radical technologies.”
Give it a read — it’s #openaccess
"The government can also make electricity more affordable by supporting not-for-profit power companies. Another good move would be to help more households to install rooftop solar by providing access to long-term low-interest finance."
#KimberleyOSullivan, Senior Research Fellow, University of Otago
#energy #electricity #renewables #RooftopSolar #PlatformCooperatives
We need this, but for co-ops, and as a platfom co-op itself;
Ricardo Ferrer Rivero🇪🇺
Strypey
John Lazaridis
John Lazaridis
Dr Ros Galabo
Shaked Spier
