By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/08/2026There's a name for this movement: it's called "Public Interest Technology" and the people who work in it are called "public interest technologists." 3/ 217922
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/08/2026There've always been techies who understood the link between tech and public wellbeing and who committed themselves to working for the betterment of societ. 4/ 31214
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/08/2026But these numbers swelled as Big Tech companies saturated their markets and switched from growing by making products people like, to locking in their users and then extracting more value from their technological prisoners: pluralistic.net/2024/04/24/n... 5/pluralistic.netPluralistic: The specific process by which Google enshittified its search (24 Apr 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 11116
MN Goofy @mngx.bsky.social · 08/08/2026When I got into programming, early 90s, that sort appeared to be the majority. Even if they disagreed with each other, they had public interest first in mind. At least it appeared that way. 030
The Creatively Maladjusted @tyrotcm.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Heinlein comes to mind. He was a medically retired Naval engineer, which really shows in his work. Did a lot to inspire me & countless others to learn about & use tech for good. 110
