From f01be97962dfa6f19a9d8dc8a87ca02c8dced0f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Flancian <0@flancia.org> Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 01:05:36 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] autopushed --- Open Letter to Google.md | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Open Letter to Google.md b/Open Letter to Google.md index 6fd7f3d33..89832cd8a 100644 --- a/Open Letter to Google.md +++ b/Open Letter to Google.md @@ -35,15 +35,17 @@ I sincerely hope both company and wider society can recognize the opportunity to That's what we are setting out to do, anyway. Join me? :) -# I say, in short: Google should be freer, Google n Agora is what Google could be, maybe +# I say, in short: Google should be freer, Google should be fairer, Google should be more lively + +I write this in the context of what some call [[late stage capitalism]] and can safely be alternatively described as [[digital capitalism]] in [[mid 2024]]. I, as a Google employee, am writing to communicate my recommendations as clearly and as harmlessly as possible to both company and society. + +My intention is the following: to develop, together, a [[commons]] containing a prosocial transparent governance layer for the internet and use it in a daring way to try to advance society and civilization. And I intend to convince Google that this is the right thing for both people ("users") and company; I intend to convince you, reader, that we should do this together. The [[Agora]], in short, is what I call my umbrella proposal. But when I say that "Google" should be more like "an Agora" I mean not the [[Agora]] and [[Google]] exactly as they are in their current form, but rather in their full potential or [[entelechy]]; as per the set of values and intentions most closely aligned with the intent of the [[founders]] or [[stewards]] of a [[company]] or [[community]]. -I write this in the context of what some call [[late stage capitalism]] and can safely be alternatively described as [[digital capitalism]] in [[mid 2024]]. I, as a Google employee, am writing to communicate my recommendations as clearly and as harmlessly as possible to both company and society. -My intention is the following: to develop, together, a [[commons]] containing a prosocial transparent governance layer for the internet and use it in a daring way to try to advance society and civilization. And I intend to convince Google that this is the right thing for both people ("users") and company; I intend to convince you, reader, that we should do this together. --