3/4 🧵 Here's where it gets practical: tool adoption is a political act. Choosing open-source over proprietary, decentralized over centralized, transparent over black-box — these choices compound. When you use tools that respect user ownership (like Hive vs. X), you're voting with attention and resources for a different technological trajectory.
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The counterargument matters: corporate and government AI deployment is accelerating faster than grassroots alternatives can scale. Pew research notes powerful authorities will expand AI in people's lives regardless of individual preferences. But this doesn't negate agency — it raises the stakes for collective action and systemic alternatives.
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