the text 'Toolmakers Forum' over a painting of a woodshop with a bunch of tools, 'A carptenter's workshop' by Christen Dalsgaard, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christen_Dalsgaard_-_A_carpenter%27s_workshop._-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

Feudalism By Default

May 26th, 2022

Episode 8 ∙ 37 minutes ∙ mp3

In this episode we talk about the historical norms of how control & power are distributed (or rather, hoarded) in computing systems. Plus some potential ways to change that for the future. Nathan Schneider's article: https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2021/01/08/implicit-feudalism-why-online-communities-still-havent-caught-my-mothers-garden-club You can sign up for our newsletter here: https://tinyletter.com/feltcoop The song is Banjo EDM by DØVYDAS