When I wrote this the other day https://buttondown.com/justenoughinternet/archive/a-union-for-hopeful-technologists/, among other things I made the point that socially and economically liberal tech needs better funding for big ideas - otherwise we're just debunking Big Tech, not building new propositions
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techbro: "our co can help by spending £mm on a project"
me: "our annual budget is £50k a year"
techbro *stunned* but with the most authenticity I've ever seen from them: "how do you live?"
Not that anyone would ever do such a thing
(NB: Written by an actual paid writer)
We don’t need quite that amount of money because we’re not asking people to sell their souls.
In fact I am starting to think that’s the point. What can we do with less.
I don’t mind knitting your own yoghurt.
I am not talking about Tom and Barbara.
people together and work out what works rather than just making it up. Meanwhile am also pointing people to UTAW for proper union membership