Hendrik Weimer<p>I don't understand the prevalent techno-pessimism. Today, technological empowerment is at the greatest level ever in human history. Our computers can run <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://framapiaf.org/@debian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>debian</span></a></span>, our phones can run <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GrapheneOS</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@fdroidorg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fdroidorg</span></a></span>, our TVs can run <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@Kodi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Kodi</span></a></span>, we can turn to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wikis.world/@wikipedia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wikipedia</span></a></span> for vast troves of human knowledge, we can explore the world using <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://en.osm.town/@openstreetmap" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>openstreetmap</span></a></span>, and we can communicate privately using <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.matrix.org/@matrix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>matrix</span></a></span> or publicly using <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Mastodon</span></a></span>.</p><p>Of course, not everyone is using these great tools. But that's nothing but Kantian self-imposed immaturity.</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debian</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/grapheneos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grapheneos</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/fdroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fdroid</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/kodi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kodi</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/openstreetmap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openstreetmap</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/matrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>matrix</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a></p>