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Doug Bierend

Writer, author, sometimes journalist, friendly fella. https://www.dougbierend.com

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AI won't destroy us (if we destroy ourselves first)

Amidst the boom and bust of the markets—and, increasingly, supremacist and pseudo religious ideologies—that define 'tech development', there's an imperative to forge alternative relationships to, conceptions of, and applications for AI.

A Basic Call to Consciousness

A Basic Call to Consciousness

In 1977, the Haudenosaunee submitted a series of papers to the UN titled A Basic Call to Consciousness, presenting a still-resonant critique of western civilization from the perspective of a civilization that has existed for millennia.

An Ingenious, Indigenous Intervention at the Met

An Ingenious, Indigenous Intervention at the Met

In December, I was witness to a break-in of sorts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Just a couple months prior, the Louvre had been ransacked in broad daylight heist fit for a popcorn movie, involving cranes, costumes, power tools, and escape scooters. This was very different. Works of

Ecological Computing

Ecological Computing

What if computation could reflect the circular, regenerative dynamics of permaculture?