Thank you Free Software Foundation for being one of the brightest beacons of hope, motivation and inspiration in the midst of a digital dystopia. I've thought very hard of where should I commit to in order to build a better world for everyone -- and in most cases -- every path leads to free software. It is not only the building block for better digital systems, but also, for better people.
This is an example of an ancient argument map. It's an easy, simple and insightful way to visualize the support of an argument and/or of a decision (fact -> conclusion -> action). Important decisions have been made for the approach of the design and implementation of (digital) systems. The arguments that support those important and pivotal decisions must be visualized and broadcasted so it's easy to be examined.
For example, mass surveillance beats terrorism(!)
Encryption is a threat(!) etc.
Many important people look for a diplomatic explanation to an apartheid, to systemic racism and children/civilian assassinations. Not a word about how to put an end to polarization once and for all, and make things/people just co-exist. It's 2021, it's not that hard to comprehend human cognition.. but it seems that, so far, it's used to keep things polarized.
If important, smart people proceed to those atrocities in 2021, and they are not governed by hatred, it's just another business model.
In all, an ICIJ analysis found, the documents identify more than $2 trillion in transactions between 1999 and 2017 that were flagged by financial institutions’ internal compliance officers as possible money laundering or other criminal activity — including $514 billion at JPMorgan and $1.3 trillion at Deutsche Bank. Suspicious activity reports reflect the concerns of watchdogs within banks and are not necessarily evidence of criminal conduct or other wrongdoing. ~
https://www.icij.org/investigations/fincen-files/suspicious-activity-reports-explained/
Suspicious activity reports, explained - ICIJ
Thousands of financial institution employees flagging transactions that somehow don’t look right are the world’s first line of defense against money laundering.
Who owns me agrees with me. Safe from harm.
