Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/10/2026all infrastructure erodes consent, sometimes it bypasses it completely this is uncomfortable (& often problematic), but it should not be controversial to point out this fact 513640
Caleb Ward @calebw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I completely agree infrastructure often manipulates and undermines agency in sneaky and bad ways. But if it's true that all infrastructure erodes consent, then it seems the concept of consent we're using is maybe not very useful (and can't do the normative work anyone wants it to do). Right? 120
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/10/2026if you think you are fully in charge of your own choices when it comes to infrastructure, you are missing the point of what infrastructure does this is not an argument against personal responsibility nor me trying to say people don’t have agency 2957
Feral T. Robot, Oil Swamp Utility Bot #7629 @feralrobots.bsky.social · 06/10/2026yeah, i think one of our biggest problems is movements driven by the idea that we can create absolute rule sets that do things like guarantee ethical systems of consent. Reality as we are capable of experiencing it is analog. 000
Matthew Gyamtso (Jee) @freedomforall.net · 07/10/2026This is an interesting conceptual frame. How are we defining infrastructure? Is it that it shapes our behaviours? Are we talking about physical infrastructure only? As that seems shaped in turn by the stories we tell, by culture, by information. 120
Gina @gminks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Interesting frame..but i think it needs more context. Infrastructure should reflect what you choose to share, personal and organizational. That's what security is all about. The AI that model providers sell is very invasive and the way you access it is sneakily invasive. 120
