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project:themes [2017/01/18 21:50] alxd [Themes] add feminism and racism |
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| - **Technology ownership** - when you accept that you can hack, tweak and build things _yourself_ you suddenly get powerful. You can make a difference, being a maker in a world of _consumers_. Characters are not geeks obsessed with gadgets - they are nerds embracing knowledge. They do not want yet another iphone, but adjust each piece of technology to their needs. | - **Technology ownership** - when you accept that you can hack, tweak and build things _yourself_ you suddenly get powerful. You can make a difference, being a maker in a world of _consumers_. Characters are not geeks obsessed with gadgets - they are nerds embracing knowledge. They do not want yet another iphone, but adjust each piece of technology to their needs. | ||
| - **Independence and empowerment** - there is no one to tell you what to do. There is no high council to decide what you can know, and everything is up to you. People form their own subcultures or attitudes, preferring technical excellence over accessibility or the other way around - but it's their choice, and no one is absolutely right. | - **Independence and empowerment** - there is no one to tell you what to do. There is no high council to decide what you can know, and everything is up to you. People form their own subcultures or attitudes, preferring technical excellence over accessibility or the other way around - but it's their choice, and no one is absolutely right. | ||
| - | - **Communities and different approaches** - each of us is different and each wants something different. The only thing we all have in common is our will to cooperate, to share our knowledge and build things with other people. Some people would call all of them "nerds", but they vary _a lot_. | + | - **Communities and different approaches** - each character is defined not only by what they can do, but also by their place in the community - and relationships with others. They don't exist in the void. Each of them is different and each wants something different. The only thing they all have in common is their will to cooperate, to share our knowledge and build things with other people. Some people would call them "nerds", but they vary _a lot_. |
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