https://media.fsfe.org/videos/watch/73eb6f66-4320-4da9-8fb2-af4404133726 Talk given by Matthias Kirschner at SFScon 2018, https://www.sfscon.it/. Throughout history, technology has influenced society. Reading, writing, arithmetic, agriculture, printing and radio are all examples of developments that changed the way we interact through trade, art and science. The most important cultural technology of the 21st century is software. It runs our workplaces, laptops, mobile phones as well as less obvious places like trains, cars, televisions, washing-machines, fridges, and many other devices. Today it depends on software how the government can implement laws, who will be able to join which university or job, or if and how long people might end up in jail. As people who create software, we should consider how our actions influence the distribution of power in our society -- and thereby our democracy. Sun, 13 Sep 2026 07:01:48 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://framatube.org https://framatube.org/lazy-static/avatars/59e98d0f-7b0f-4ab5-bbe7-e4454b4c68f1.png https://media.fsfe.org/videos/watch/73eb6f66-4320-4da9-8fb2-af4404133726 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://framatube.org/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.