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Agreed. And I think most of the anarchist-leaning folks I know would also agree.

I read it. I’ve been reading a lot of complex systems science lately, and it seems to have a lot of overlap, so perhaps it will stick a bit harder this time. Thanks :)

Thanks. I’ll try it, but I have zero faith it’ll stick this time 😅

Eh. That’s the difference between a complex system (politics) and a complicated system (the part of a human body where surgery is relevant). It’s easier to write a manual for a complicated system and have it be correct and valuable. Complex systems not so much, not lease because every context is different and local knowledge is extremely valuable.

I agree that theory is often useful. I don’t think it always is though, and I think it can be misleading and wrong for a long time without anyone really noticing. I mean… Neoliberal economics also has a lot of theory…

I have multiple Iranian friends. No one in Iran other than religious fundamentalists liked Khamenei, or his government. But they also (justifiably) don’t trust the west. They feel trapped. Khamenei being removed is a problem not because he’s gone, but because he leaves a vacuum that might get filled with something worse.

Yeah, but so does just doing it. And talking to people about how to do it. The point isn’t that people shouldn’t read, it’s that the should do (and shouldn’t be prevented from doing because they can’t or won’t read).

The all theory and no action crowd are definitely more annoying and proficient at taking over spaces and killing the vibe, in my experience (e.g. socialist alternative here in Aus)

You can definitely explain most of those in a way a 5 year old could understand in under 20 minutes.

Not dialectical materialism though. I’ve read about it and had it explained to me more time than I can count, and my brain refuses to hold on to what it means.

Also this https://taggart-tech.com/discord-alternatives/ which is much more detailed and focuses on decentralised discord-like apps

https://taggart-tech.com/discord-alternatives/

Eh, what’s bad for capitalists is what’s good for the rest of us

What is reddit speak?

Idk, it probably has an open backdoor somewhere

Those are all great books/stories. But they are all off the mark for the AI bubble.

The book you wanna read is John Steinbeck’s The Grapes Of Wrath.

Right, but I mean, the platform was originally designed without them in mind, and there’s no real reason why every piece of software needs to have every piece of functionality… I’m can see why they wouldn’t be prioritising it

I suspect I would love it if groups were in mastodon, but I’m not entirely sure it won’t backfire in some horrendous way (this is social media after all)

Mastodon doesn’t have groups?

“This kind of thing” being big picture dynamics of how to run a social media project.

I’ve also had a mastodon PR stall, but I think they get so many, many with competing demands, and have so few staff, that it’s not really surprising that it’s a bit mess on that front…

That first post is very good. I really appreciate the way he’s handled the first 10 years, and I hope he has fun doing whatever he does next.

Eugen has always seemed pretty clear-eyed about this kind of thing.