We're building on stolen ground

A technologist who builds the Machine anyway is just building it on stolen ground.

Back in April, I attended the Cables of Resistance conference. One of the workshops that provoked the most thoughts was hosted by Tara Tarakiyee, called "Can We Build Hardware Without Capitalism?"

The introductory quote here is from a blog post they wrote about the topics covered in the workshop. It's definitely worth a read. The short story The Machine Stops mentioned in the blog post can be found online at Standard Ebooks.