#hashtagstory — Public Fediverse posts

It’s how humans have always lived – together

For 200 years, capitalism, for the last 40 years #neoliberalism, taught us that we’re isolated individuals who compete to survive. But any real view of our actual history - and our biology - say the opposite: we’re interdependent, social, and ecological beings. For almost all species time before the current mess, we thrived through commons-based systems, shared forests, grazing lands, rivers, and community knowledge. Villages maintained open wells, fishermen shared tidal calendars, and […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/its-how-humans-have-always-lived-together/

#openweb vs #closedweb is the Battle for the Internet

The internet’s origins are tangled with the military-industrial complex, designed for resilience in the face of catastrophe. But the protocols themselves, once set loose, created a playground for anarchistic experimentation. The lack of centralized control allowed people to build without permission, and that openness birthed the wild, decentralized internet we briefly glimpsed. It was an accident, but an accident we can repeat. The #dotcons crushed that brief era of freedom, but the same […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/openweb-vs-closedweb-is-the-battle-for-the-internet/

Marking the difference between the #openweb and #closedweb

The last decades has seen a rapid shift toward #deathcult #mainstreaming, where the boundaries between #open and #closed have intentionally blurred, this is also mirrored in our alt cultures. The "common sense" #geekproblem confusion serves the interests of the #dotcons and the #deathcult, not the people. The language of the #hashtagstory can be used to sharpens this divide and give people the tools to see, thus act on, the reality of the paths they’re walking and engaging with. The […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/clearly-marking-the-difference-between-the-openweb-and-the-closedweb/