Danny Garside

Next up for me at the #CoopCongress today (maybe mute this hashtag now if this isn't your jam 😅) we have:

"What's next for us owning our own tech? Let's talk about #CoTech"

> Hosted by John Robb, musician, author and campaigner; and Natasha Natarajan, Outlandish Co-operative, and Richard Rowley from Agile Collective, who are both part of CoTech – a network of ethical tech, digital and creative co-operatives.

#AgileCollective #OutlandishCooperative #TechCoop #coop #WorkersCoop

Jul 4, 2025 at 11:10amWeb
Show threadDanny GarsideJul 4, 2025

It's a little bit embarrassing that the @cotechuk account is a dead bird.makeup account 😂😭

And it looks like #AgileCollective and #OutlandishCooperative don't have #fediverse presences yet...

Maybe we should help fix that...

#CoTech #CoopCongress

Show threadGo Free Range worker co-opJul 4, 2025
@da5nsy We’re here! Hope the Congress goes well! #cotech
Show threadottoJul 4, 2025
@da5nsy Somewhat relevant: I worked on automation projects at Digital Equipment Corp back in 86 and machine vision for 3 companies after that and by 2000, I was wondering why labor unions weren't investing in robotics. The benefits of work will flow to the owners of the robots. Now I see the same problem with AI. But there appears zero effort for unions or cooperatives of "office workers" to own AI, not least of all because the ante for that game is measured in billions. Workers will lose.