I appreciate Chris keeping it šÆ and I hope you do, too.
Pushing for accessibility in every corner of what you buildāwhether its formally your job or notāis a great way to maintain hope, protect the vulnerable, and resist fascism.
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"text": "I appreciate Chris keeping it \ud83d\udcaf and I hope you do, too.\n\nPushing for accessibility in every corner of what you build\u2014whether its formally your job or not\u2014is a great way to maintain hope, protect the vulnerable, and resist fascism.\n\nhttps://gomakethings.com/accessibility-is-woke-now/",
"html": "<p>I appreciate <a href=\"https://chrisferdinandi.com/\">Chris</a> keeping it \ud83d\udcaf and I hope you do, too.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Pushing for accessibility in every corner of what you build\u2014whether its formally your job or not\u2014is a great way to maintain hope, protect the vulnerable, and resist fascism.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https://gomakethings.com/accessibility-is-woke-now/\">https://gomakethings.com/accessibility-is-woke-now/</a></p>"
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"html": "<p>The world-weariness I feel after only a hundred (and change) hours living under a Trump presidency is hard to put into words.</p>\n\n<p>I knew it would be <strong>bad</strong>, but I don\u2019t think I was prepared for the <em>rawness</em> of the feelings that I feel. I know a great many of my fedi-friends feel exactly the same way.</p>\n\n<p>I wish I could be <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/writing\">#writing</a> about uplifting things, filled with joy and optimism. I really do. I realize I keep saying this for some reason, but I <em>naturally</em> am a very \u201cglass half-full\u201d sort of person. I am not typically a grump, but I can come across that way on social media because I post so often on the absolutely batshit crazy stuff I see happening. Like <a href=\"https://deadline.com/2025/01/jewel-apologizes-performing-inauguration-donald-trump-health-secretary-rfk-jr-1236267222/\">Jewel performing at (checks notes) a Trump Inauguration Day ball \u201chonoring\u201d RFK Jr.</a> and then (kinda sorta) apologizing for it afterwards all while completely centering herself and her feelings which <a href=\"https://social.lol/@adam/113884279391661561\">seems to be going around a lot these days</a>.</p>\n\n<p>I literally cannot watch her weird, weird IG video without my eyes rolling way, way back into the back of my head. A certain word comes to mind: it starts with a \u201cc\u201d and ends with \u201collaborator\u201d. \ud83d\ude44</p>\n\n<p>I\u2019ll repeat what I\u2019ve been saying regarding a wide variety of recent scenarios: <strong>what bothers me more</strong> than the outright American Nazis and fascists themselves are the <strong>mealy-mouthed, cowardly</strong> people who either find ways to defend them or find ways to defend other people who don\u2019t seem to be bothered by associating with them.</p>\n\n<p>Remember that \u201cc\u201d word I mentioned above?</p>\n\n<p>I don\u2019t blame MAGA for being MAGA, in a sense. They are bold and forthcoming with their hate and stupidity. You know where you stand with them. What I <em>absolutely cannot abide</em> are the moderates & \u201cprogressives\u201d who think the things we should really be focusing on right now are tone-policing, bridge-building, and letting bygones be bygones if someone issues an <em>oopsie poopsie</em>.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Fuck that shit.</strong></p>\n\n\n\n<p>I found this informative chart in a <a href=\"https://www.lgbtgreat.com/sites/default/files/2024-06/Striving%20For%20More%20Authentic%20Allyship%20Guide.pdf\">PDF by UK-based LGBT Great</a> which highlights some concrete differences between <em>performative allyship</em> and <em>authentic allyship</em>:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://jaredwhite.com/20250124/true-allyship.jpg\" alt=\"Examples when celebrating pride month, seeing a colleague making a racist comment, or addressing gender inequality\" /></p>\n\n<p>One of the themes you may pick up on is the difference between being <em>reactive</em> and being <em>proactive</em>. Authentic allyship isn\u2019t about reacting to issues after they become apparent, but about taking meaningful steps to avoid issues in the first place. By the time you are being called out and have to address a real problem (by \u201capologizing\u201d), it\u2019s already <em>way</em> past the point when you should have been doing something useful in the first place.</p>\n\n<p>So, at the risk of being accused of being part of a \u201cwoke mob\u201d or a \u201cgrowing legion\u201d or whatever dumb term people want to throw out in bad faith, I am going to continue speaking out about this stuff. And if I screw up too down the road? I\u2019ll say \u201cDamn, I\u2019m sorry I fucked up so bad. You are right to call me out on this. I\u2019m listening, and perhaps one day I might earn back your trust.\u201d <em>That\u2019s it. That\u2019s the toot.</em></p>",
"text": "The world-weariness I feel after only a hundred (and change) hours living under a Trump presidency is hard to put into words.\n\nI knew it would be bad, but I don\u2019t think I was prepared for the rawness of the feelings that I feel. I know a great many of my fedi-friends feel exactly the same way.\n\nI wish I could be #writing about uplifting things, filled with joy and optimism. I really do. I realize I keep saying this for some reason, but I naturally am a very \u201cglass half-full\u201d sort of person. I am not typically a grump, but I can come across that way on social media because I post so often on the absolutely batshit crazy stuff I see happening. Like Jewel performing at (checks notes) a Trump Inauguration Day ball \u201chonoring\u201d RFK Jr. and then (kinda sorta) apologizing for it afterwards all while completely centering herself and her feelings which seems to be going around a lot these days.\n\nI literally cannot watch her weird, weird IG video without my eyes rolling way, way back into the back of my head. A certain word comes to mind: it starts with a \u201cc\u201d and ends with \u201collaborator\u201d. \ud83d\ude44\n\nI\u2019ll repeat what I\u2019ve been saying regarding a wide variety of recent scenarios: what bothers me more than the outright American Nazis and fascists themselves are the mealy-mouthed, cowardly people who either find ways to defend them or find ways to defend other people who don\u2019t seem to be bothered by associating with them.\n\nRemember that \u201cc\u201d word I mentioned above?\n\nI don\u2019t blame MAGA for being MAGA, in a sense. They are bold and forthcoming with their hate and stupidity. You know where you stand with them. What I absolutely cannot abide are the moderates & \u201cprogressives\u201d who think the things we should really be focusing on right now are tone-policing, bridge-building, and letting bygones be bygones if someone issues an oopsie poopsie.\n\nFuck that shit.\n\n\n\nI found this informative chart in a PDF by UK-based LGBT Great which highlights some concrete differences between performative allyship and authentic allyship:\n\n\n\nOne of the themes you may pick up on is the difference between being reactive and being proactive. Authentic allyship isn\u2019t about reacting to issues after they become apparent, but about taking meaningful steps to avoid issues in the first place. By the time you are being called out and have to address a real problem (by \u201capologizing\u201d), it\u2019s already way past the point when you should have been doing something useful in the first place.\n\nSo, at the risk of being accused of being part of a \u201cwoke mob\u201d or a \u201cgrowing legion\u201d or whatever dumb term people want to throw out in bad faith, I am going to continue speaking out about this stuff. And if I screw up too down the road? I\u2019ll say \u201cDamn, I\u2019m sorry I fucked up so bad. You are right to call me out on this. I\u2019m listening, and perhaps one day I might earn back your trust.\u201d That\u2019s it. That\u2019s the toot."
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"html": "<p>Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, has some <em>very</em> interesting things to say!</p>\n\n<p>To whit, this CNN article <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/23/business/davos-marc-benioff-salesforce-ai-prediction-intl/index.html\">Today\u2019s CEOs are the last to manage all-human workforces, says Marc Benioff</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>\u201cFrom this point forward\u2026 we will be managing not only human workers but also digital workers,\u201d he said on a panel at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland\u2026Benioff also said Thursday that AI and humans can work together \u201cto create a higher level of success.\u201d</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Wow, that all sounds very bold and future-y! And then there\u2019s this:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>The rise of <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/generativeai\">#generativeAI</a> \u201cagents,\u201d which Benioff described Wednesday as \u201cdigital labor,\u201d is among the next wave of advancements for the tech. (<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2025/01/22/salesforce-chief-ai-agents-davos\">Axios</a>)</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Digital labor\u2014amazing! I guess that\u2019s like human labor, only digital!</p>\n\n<p>Speaking of Axios, they have some fantastic news for us all:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Architects of the leading generative AI models are abuzz that a top company, possibly OpenAI, in coming weeks will announce a next-level breakthrough that unleashes Ph.D.-level super-agents to do complex human tasks. (<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2025/01/19/ai-superagent-openai-meta\">source</a>)</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Wow! We\u2019re not just getting AI agents this year, we\u2019re getting AI <strong>super-agents</strong>! <em>With Ph.D.s!</em></p>\n\n<p>Now I just have a few simple questions for you, Mr. Marc Benioff CEO sir. This won\u2019t take long. Thank you for your valuable time!</p>\n\n<ol><li>Will your digital workers sit down with their managers periodically for performance reviews?</li>\n <li>What kind of severance packages will you offer digital workers who are terminated?</li>\n <li>Which currency will you be using to pay your digital workers? The US Dollar? Or crypto?</li>\n <li>Will the amount of PTO granted to digital workers be the same as human workers?</li>\n <li>What is your stance on organized digital labor? Do you support the rights of digital workers to unionize?</li>\n <li>Let\u2019s say one of your digital workers and one of your human workers become romantically involved. What is your office policy on human-AI relationships?</li>\n <li>Do you intend to offer digital workers a stipend for career development? Or perhaps fitness? (I\u2019m assuming digital workers, having no bodies to speak of, would go to virtual gyms where they can exercise their human-impersonation skills.)</li>\n <li>Which websites will you use to advertise job openings for digital workers? My understanding is that current job boards assume all the applicants are human. Seems like an area ripe for disruption!</li>\n <li>What new training will you provide your HR departments so they can handle complaints of sexual harassment of digital workers by human workers?</li>\n <li>How soon will a digital executive be hired as CEO of Salesforce?</li>\n</ol><p>What\u2019s that? The mic\u2019s not working? You\u2019re being called away on urgent business? <strong>Oh dear, I was really looking forward to your answers!</strong></p>",
"text": "Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, has some very interesting things to say!\n\nTo whit, this CNN article Today\u2019s CEOs are the last to manage all-human workforces, says Marc Benioff:\n\n\n \u201cFrom this point forward\u2026 we will be managing not only human workers but also digital workers,\u201d he said on a panel at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland\u2026Benioff also said Thursday that AI and humans can work together \u201cto create a higher level of success.\u201d\n\n\nWow, that all sounds very bold and future-y! And then there\u2019s this:\n\n\n The rise of #generativeAI \u201cagents,\u201d which Benioff described Wednesday as \u201cdigital labor,\u201d is among the next wave of advancements for the tech. (Axios)\n\n\nDigital labor\u2014amazing! I guess that\u2019s like human labor, only digital!\n\nSpeaking of Axios, they have some fantastic news for us all:\n\n\n Architects of the leading generative AI models are abuzz that a top company, possibly OpenAI, in coming weeks will announce a next-level breakthrough that unleashes Ph.D.-level super-agents to do complex human tasks. (source)\n\n\nWow! We\u2019re not just getting AI agents this year, we\u2019re getting AI super-agents! With Ph.D.s!\n\nNow I just have a few simple questions for you, Mr. Marc Benioff CEO sir. This won\u2019t take long. Thank you for your valuable time!\n\nWill your digital workers sit down with their managers periodically for performance reviews?\n What kind of severance packages will you offer digital workers who are terminated?\n Which currency will you be using to pay your digital workers? The US Dollar? Or crypto?\n Will the amount of PTO granted to digital workers be the same as human workers?\n What is your stance on organized digital labor? Do you support the rights of digital workers to unionize?\n Let\u2019s say one of your digital workers and one of your human workers become romantically involved. What is your office policy on human-AI relationships?\n Do you intend to offer digital workers a stipend for career development? Or perhaps fitness? (I\u2019m assuming digital workers, having no bodies to speak of, would go to virtual gyms where they can exercise their human-impersonation skills.)\n Which websites will you use to advertise job openings for digital workers? My understanding is that current job boards assume all the applicants are human. Seems like an area ripe for disruption!\n What new training will you provide your HR departments so they can handle complaints of sexual harassment of digital workers by human workers?\n How soon will a digital executive be hired as CEO of Salesforce?\nWhat\u2019s that? The mic\u2019s not working? You\u2019re being called away on urgent business? Oh dear, I was really looking forward to your answers!"
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"text": "Today I finally had an appointment with an ENT and an audiologist, as part of trying to figure out what\u2019s going on with my vertigo.\n\nThe audiologist didn\u2019t find anything wrong with my hearing and said it\u2019s normal for someone of my age. (She also told me the correct pronunciation of \u201ctinnitus.\u201d It\u2019s like TIN-nit-iss.) She didn\u2019t have any idea what might be underlying my tinnitus but I\u2019ve had it my whole life and it doesn\u2019t seem to be relevant to anything going on now.\n\nThe ENT didn\u2019t see anything particularly out of the ordinary with my sinuses from what he could see in this basic exam, but he wanted to bring me in for a more focused CT scan, especially since my previous cranial CT scan found sinus polyps as being a thing, and I have such a long history of chronic sinus issues. So that\u2019ll happen in a month. In the meantime he also referred me to a physical therapist that can do vestibular rehabitation, and he thinks the prognosis for that is really good.\n\nHopefully I\u2019ll be able to feel comfortable driving again soon, because gosh do I not like being stuck in my little bubble.",
"html": "<p>Today I finally had an appointment with an ENT and an audiologist, as part of trying to figure out what\u2019s going on with my vertigo.</p><p>The audiologist didn\u2019t find anything wrong with my hearing and said it\u2019s normal for someone of my age. (She also told me the correct pronunciation of \u201ctinnitus.\u201d It\u2019s like TIN-nit-iss.) She didn\u2019t have any idea what might be underlying my tinnitus but I\u2019ve had it my whole life and it doesn\u2019t seem to be relevant to anything going on now.</p><p>The ENT didn\u2019t see anything particularly out of the ordinary with my sinuses from what he could see in this basic exam, but he wanted to bring me in for a more focused CT scan, especially since my previous cranial CT scan found sinus polyps as being a thing, and I have such a long history of chronic sinus issues. So that\u2019ll happen in a month. In the meantime he also referred me to a physical therapist that can do vestibular rehabitation, and he thinks the prognosis for that is really good.</p><p>Hopefully I\u2019ll be able to feel comfortable driving again soon, because gosh do I not like being stuck in my little bubble.</p>"
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"text": "Made it 3 weeks into 2025 before I saved a blog post bookmark with the tags \u201c2025\u201d, \u201cweb\u201d, and \u201cdrama\u201d \ud83e\udd2a",
"html": "<p>Made it 3 weeks into 2025 before I saved a blog post bookmark with the tags \u201c2025\u201d, \u201cweb\u201d, and \u201cdrama\u201d \ud83e\udd2a</p>"
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"html": "<p><strong>We did it, <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/fediverse\">#Fediverse</a>!</strong></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://jaredwhite.com/20250121/fist-pump-data.gif\" alt=\"Data fist pump YES\" /></p>\n\n<p>I know I don\u2019t look it (\ud83d\ude09), but I\u2019ve been publishing on the <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/openweb\">#OpenWeb</a> for oh so long now (how many decades has it been again?!), and never in that time have I reached a stat like this. Not on any past platform, not even on Twitter in the good (<em>sorta bad though lol</em>) ol\u2019 days.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Mastodon, I thank you from the bottom of my heart!</strong> \ud83d\ude4f</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://jaredwhite.com/20250121/stats-3000-followers.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of my profile in Ivory\" /></p>\n\n<p>3,000 followers of <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/@jaredwhite\">@jaredwhite@indieweb.social</a> is a number that may not mean much to some because they have a much higher number, but I\u2019m here to say <strong>I don\u2019t at all take any of it for granted</strong>. I also realize these are \u201cvanity metrics\u201d and to be evaluated with a huge grain of salt (I suspect the number of actual humans seeing any of my toots is but a fraction of that). And I also also realize that some of you may have recently left commercial social media behind with large follower counts, and it\u2019s <em>hard</em> to start over from scratch here on the indie social web.</p>\n\n<p><strong>I see you.</strong> \ud83d\udc9b</p>\n\n<p>And I\u2019m here to support your efforts to regroup and rebuild away from the hellscapes of corporate silos. I am as dedicated as I\u2019ve ever been to growing (yes, <em>growing!</em>) the Fediverse, and every single example of my own success which I can point to in promoting* Mastodon et al.\u2026well it\u2019s simply divine.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s to the next big milestone: 5,000!</strong> \ud83d\ude0e</p>\n\n\n\n<p>* In case you\u2019re wondering, I most definitely promote Mastodon to people IRL! You put me in a room with anyone even remotely talking about digital marketing, content creation, or online community, and I loudly & proudly extoll the virtues of the burgeoning social web! \ud83d\ude0a</p>",
"text": "We did it, #Fediverse!\n\n\n\nI know I don\u2019t look it (\ud83d\ude09), but I\u2019ve been publishing on the #OpenWeb for oh so long now (how many decades has it been again?!), and never in that time have I reached a stat like this. Not on any past platform, not even on Twitter in the good (sorta bad though lol) ol\u2019 days.\n\nMastodon, I thank you from the bottom of my heart! \ud83d\ude4f\n\n\n\n3,000 followers of @jaredwhite@indieweb.social is a number that may not mean much to some because they have a much higher number, but I\u2019m here to say I don\u2019t at all take any of it for granted. I also realize these are \u201cvanity metrics\u201d and to be evaluated with a huge grain of salt (I suspect the number of actual humans seeing any of my toots is but a fraction of that). And I also also realize that some of you may have recently left commercial social media behind with large follower counts, and it\u2019s hard to start over from scratch here on the indie social web.\n\nI see you. \ud83d\udc9b\n\nAnd I\u2019m here to support your efforts to regroup and rebuild away from the hellscapes of corporate silos. I am as dedicated as I\u2019ve ever been to growing (yes, growing!) the Fediverse, and every single example of my own success which I can point to in promoting* Mastodon et al.\u2026well it\u2019s simply divine.\n\nHere\u2019s to the next big milestone: 5,000! \ud83d\ude0e\n\n\n\n* In case you\u2019re wondering, I most definitely promote Mastodon to people IRL! You put me in a room with anyone even remotely talking about digital marketing, content creation, or online community, and I loudly & proudly extoll the virtues of the burgeoning social web! \ud83d\ude0a"
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"text": "I knew things were going to be bad, but I wasn\u2019t expecting just how out-loud bad they\u2019ve been starting on day 1.\n\nErin in the Morning is a great site to follow.\n\nI have deactivated my Facebook. Not that I was very active there anyway but it\u2019s clearly not the place for me, per the CEO\u2019s own missive.\n\nI\u2019m flying my pride flag high. Soon I\u2019ll be hosting someone who\u2019s escaping from a deep-red state for a couple weeks, I hope to do more to help my local community.\n\nEverything important in my life feels like it\u2019s either under attack or has become a shouting match.\n\nI hope I can get in a good headspace for working on music. I have a game jam coming up this weekend and a month-long one in February.\n\nTomorrow I have a small show in VRChat and then I have my appointment with the ENT which will hopefully help me find a solution for my vertigo, and after that I have the first night of choir practice for this season, and I\u2019m holding on to what I can.",
"html": "<p>I knew things were going to be bad, but I wasn\u2019t expecting just how out-loud bad they\u2019ve been starting on day 1.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.erininthemorning.com/\">Erin in the Morning</a> is a great site to follow.</p><p>I have deactivated my Facebook. Not that I was very active there anyway but it\u2019s clearly not the place for me, per the CEO\u2019s own missive.</p><p>I\u2019m flying my pride flag high. Soon I\u2019ll be hosting someone who\u2019s escaping from a deep-red state for a couple weeks, I hope to do more to help my local community.</p><p>Everything important in my life feels like it\u2019s either under attack or has become a shouting match.</p><p>I hope I can get in a good headspace for working on music. I have a game jam coming up this weekend and a month-long one in February.</p><p>Tomorrow I have a <a href=\"https://sockpuppet.band/live/1582-Moonlit-EU\">small show in VRChat</a> and then I have my appointment with the ENT which will hopefully help me find a solution for my vertigo, and after that I have the first night of choir practice for this season, and I\u2019m holding on to what I can.</p>"
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I understand that, when you are staring at a factory spewing toxic chemicals and carbon into the atmosphere, someone who shuffles over and whispers in your ear āGo plant a tree and save the worldā; your first instinct isnāt to thank them for their keen insight but to launch a broadside in their direction.
And yetā¦in twenty years the factory could be thoroughly reformed or closed for good, and meanwhile, you played an instrumental role in growing a forest.
We are in the āplanting treesā era of American #politics and #openweb technology right now. It will take a whole lot of effort and feel silly or pointless at timesā¦and there will be moments when the desired future for our society seems farther away than ever before.
Donāt let the temptation of bitter despair take hold. Go plant a tree and save the world.Future generations are counting on you to do right by them.
āArt is the only thing that helps people stay alive, and it is the only thing that has allowed people to create joy in this insane, suppressive universe. And art is the only thing that they canāt get rid of. Theyāve tried, but ultimately they canāt stamp it out.ā āJuliette Lewis
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* 141 new species observed, of those, the top three kinds: Ā * 79 plants Ā * 20 insects Ā * 16 fungi * 56 challenge badges earned
June was the month I observed the most new species in 2024, followed by March, and then July.
Seek also gave me a graph of observations per month, and also a map of where I made my discoveries.
Rather than posting screenshots of the Year in Review that Seek provided me in the app, I am posting the relevant content here in a post on my personal site, which I know Iāll be able to search and look up in the future.
Seek is a delightful free (like actually free, free of tracking, free of surveillance) native mobile application for identifying species.
Made by the iNaturalist folks (https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app), Seek works without creating an account, and is able to work completely offline to identify species out in the wild (and add them to your local collection).
Seek awards you Species Badges when you discover a number of species of a particular grouping, as well as Challenge Badges when you complete one or more of their monthly challenges that they post.
In some ways itās like Pokemon Go, except based on finding and collecting observations of real living things.
I have found it quite useful especially when traveling, and wondering is that plant (or animal) the same as one Iāve seen elsewhere, perhaps around home, or is it a slightly different species?
I also really like the good example that Seek provides for how an app can be immediately useful without requiring extra labor (like creating an account, or logging on) on behalf of the person using it.
Lastly, Seek is an excellent example of a truly offline capable app where nearly all of its functionality works just fine without a network connection.
Both of these capabilities (offline first, no login wall) are what we should aspire to when we build #indieweb apps or websites for ourselves and our friends.
This is post 8 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts #yearInReview #iNaturalist #SeekApp
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"html": "<blockquote>\n <h2><a href=\"https://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/3292/the-pc-is-dead-its-time-to-make-computing-personal-again\"></a></h2>\n\n <p>Americans have allowed runaway business models, empowered by tech, to subvert privacy and individual liberty on the road to making money. Our default tech business model has become extractive, like part of a strip-mining operation. Consumers\u2014and now creative works (used for training AI)\u2014are treated as a natural resource to be milked and exploited.</p>\n\n<p>The extractive model may end up being self-destructive for the tech industry itself. In the physical world, resource extraction needs limits and regulations to be sustainable. It can be wildly profitable until a resource becomes over-harvested, or the harvesting process corrupts the environment that lets the industry exist in the first place.</p>\n\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>This entire essay by Benj Edwards over at Vintage Computing and Gaming is fantastic, but that section in particular stood out to me because I\u2019ve been making the exact same analogy. <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/generativeai\">#GenerativeAI</a> companies are treating all human creative output on the Internet like it\u2019s merely raw material to extract out of the environment and repurpose for their paying* customers. Who cares if the overall quality of software keeps decreasing and frequent <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/enshittification\">#enshittification</a> is the new normal? <a href=\"https://buttondown.com/theinternet\">Gotta keep the hype cycle, er, cycling!</a></p>\n\n<p>Benj\u2019s larger point about the lack of true <strong>ownership</strong> in today\u2019s computing landscape is worthy of a long and serious conversation, one I\u2019ll be having over at <a href=\"https://theinternet.review/\">The Internet Review</a> in due course. There\u2019s something seriously, seriously wrong with software and media being totally ephemeral, morphing and even vanishing at the whims of the real owners (<em>not you!</em>), and it\u2019s high time we begin to wrest back control. <em>This essay gets it.</em></p>\n\n<p>\u201cIt is possible to learn from history and integrate the best of today\u2019s technology with fair business practices that are more sustainable and healthy for everyone in the long run.\u201d <strong>Amen to that.</strong></p>\n\n<p>* There\u2019s actually legitmate debate to be had if any of these AI chatbots and assistants will even be profitable, because so far the answer is no. Hardware manufacturers and data center operators sure are making bank however!</p>",
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