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Reclaiming the stacks: September 2023 roundup

Life is busy as of late, so this roundup is a little spartan. But still, read on for some interesting things at the intersection of ecosocialism and ICT. Articles and thoughts on the problems of [[digital capitalism]], the positive actions of [[digital ecosocialism]], and a look at the systemic side of things and how we can transition from (digital) capitalism to (digital) ecosocialism.

As always my interest is from the angle of [[reclaiming the stacks]] - expropriating information and communications technology from [[Big Tech]] and returning it to the people.

Systems

I'm still interested in [[qualitative system dynamics modeling]] as an approach to grappling with digital ecosocialism and how to transition to it. The qualitative system dynamics model used in [[A leverage points analysis of a qualitative system dynamics model for climate change adaptation in agriculture]] was built using a triangulation process from individual models. I'm reading more about that in [[Identifying Strengths and Obstacles to Climate Change Adaptation in the German Agricultural Sector]].

For a qualitative system dynamics model of digital capitalism, digital ecosocialism and the transition from one to the other, one might triangulate from a bunch of different existing models that are out there related to digital ecosocialism. Such as:

A new one for the mix that I came across:

It's perhaps a bit less defined than some of those previous models, but interesting nonetheless, and with a Latin American slant, so a good perspective to have.

Problems

Some problems from digital capitalism recently in the news. To help map them out, I'm tagging them with some of the criteria I [[defined]] in my OU research.

Actions

Philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to change it.

โ€“ Karl Marx

Some latest news on concrete actions that are part of an ecosocialist ICT movement.

Inputs

Finally, a few other things I've been reading, listening to, and watching that are adjacent to the topics of ecosocialism and ICT.

Reading

Listening

Until next time

Thatโ€™s it! See you next month. Until then, you can find latest streams of thoughts over at my website.

๐Ÿ“– stoas
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