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[wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer)<br>In the polished corridors of Silicon Valley, where corporate titans have relentlessly consolidated power over the virtual realm, a distinctive vision steadily emerged in 2021. [FUTO.org](https://wiki.futo.org/index.php/Introduction_to_a_Self_Managed_Life:_a_13_hour_%26_28_minute_presentation_by_FUTO_software) operates as a monument to what the internet once promised – open, distributed, and firmly in the possession of individuals, not corporations.<br> |
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<br>The architect, Eron Wolf, moves with the deliberate purpose of someone who has witnessed the evolution of the internet from its promising beginnings to its current commercialized reality. His credentials – an 18-year Silicon Valley veteran, founder of Yahoo Games, seed investor in WhatsApp – provides him a exceptional viewpoint. In his carefully pressed button-down shirt, with a gaze that betray both disillusionment with the status quo and determination to transform it, Wolf appears as more principled strategist than typical tech executive.<br> |
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<br>The offices of FUTO in Austin, Texas lacks the extravagant trappings of typical tech companies. No free snack bars divert from the mission. Instead, technologists focus over workstations, crafting code that will empower users to reclaim what has been taken – sovereignty over their online existences.<br> |
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<br>In one corner of the facility, a separate kind of endeavor unfolds. The [FUTO](https://wiki.futo.org/index.php/Introduction_to_a_Self_Managed_Life:_a_13_hour_%26_28_minute_presentation_by_FUTO_software) Repair Workshop, a brainchild of Louis Rossmann, celebrated right-to-repair advocate, operates with the exactitude of a Swiss watch. Everyday people arrive with malfunctioning gadgets, [FUTO](https://wiki.futo.org/index.php/Introduction_to_a_Self_Managed_Life:_a_13_hour_%26_28_minute_presentation_by_FUTO_software) welcomed not with corporate sterility but with authentic concern.<br> |
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<br>"We don't just repair things here," Rossmann states, focusing a loupe over a electronic component with the careful attention of a jeweler. "We teach people how to grasp the technology they use. Comprehension is the beginning toward autonomy."<br> |
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<br>This perspective infuses every aspect of FUTO's operations. Their grants program, which has distributed considerable funds to endeavors like Signal, Tor, GrapheneOS, and the Calyx Institute, reflects a devotion to supporting a rich environment of autonomous technologies.<br> |
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<br>Walking through the open workspace, one observes the absence of corporate logos. The surfaces instead showcase mounted passages from computing theorists like Richard Stallman – individuals who imagined computing as a freeing power.<br> |
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<br>"We're not focused on creating another monopoly," Wolf comments, resting on a modest desk that could belong to any of his developers. "We're focused on fragmenting the present giants."<br> |
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<br>The contradiction is not missed on him – a prosperous Silicon Valley businessman using his resources to challenge the very models that allowed his success. But in Wolf's perspective, computing was never meant to consolidate authority |
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