Stack Overthrow

> i just thought of a good name for a site or forum or some sort of online community that has similar views on tech as me: Stack Overthrow
>>> nice
>>> register it
> .com is taken, but should i grab .org or something else?
>>> an anti-tech AI site? .ai?
> .org is cheap
> OK it's registered, stackoverthrow.org. now we need to make some useful Luddite thing to put there
>>> I’ll write an essay if you want
> sure. i think we should maybe create Luddite coding tutorials
>>> what would qualify?
> actually make it a useful info site like StackOverflow, but with a HEAVY dose of philosophy
>>> perhaps first a “manifesto”?
> well like a tutorial on beginning javascript, but when you start talking about how to install npm packages or whatever, you write (A LOT) about the political economy of such systems and encourage deeper reflection on who makes the tools you use, and how do we enrich these companies by using them
> i'm imagining a LOT of sidebars
>>> I could write some Python pieces
>>> i’m thinking the philosophy is about appropriate use of technology, no?
>>> what should be automated, what not. always having humans in the loop, etc
> sure, that's important. it's also important that people think about the power structures behind any tool
> or design decision
> which are often invisible
>>> humanistic appropriate technology
>>> sure
> I'll whip up a one-pager now asking for submissions and get it up in the next hour
>>> cool

Call for contributors!

Let's do this. Everything is open at this point. Let's make this website a pragmatic repository of knowledge, containing strategies, tutorials, manifestos, or anything else. Let's start by organising ourselves.

There is much to decide. But first, we must gather forces. Send me an email (john@perfectlives.eu) and let's start chatting.



Stack Overthrow is (or will be) a project of Perfect Lives.