“If you haven’t been poor, don’t legislate for the poor.” - Rep Lateefah Simon, CA-12

Technology is always political.

In the 1990s and early 2000s, we believed the open web we were building would bring humanity closer together, and help good people do great things.

And in many ways, it has.

But we forgot—or didn’t realize—that tech can also help bad people do awful things.

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I wrote something for you. And end-of-year, end-of-era sort of something. Read it and weep.

zeldman.com/2024/12/28/v...

I’m trying to strike a healthy balance between being informed and being oblivious.