RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116165215922836572
Their makers also do not want you to be able to understand. It's about turning the means of understanding and sensemaking into externalized products to rent.
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RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/116165239429495379
I think that is actually the biggest problem with those systems.
It's not losing some random skill that we have made superflous, it's about taking skills that are the foundation for your agency in this world and your ability to understand it.
It is a fundamental human right that is being taken from you for the sake of efficiency and convenience.