Still baffling to me how people asking for basic human rights and civil liberties are painted as far left. They’re normal asks and enjoyed in many other countries. The rhetoric is just designed to stop the conversation; it’s not a serious discussion.

One of the most important things we can be doing is imagining better futures and then describing them in detail. Design fiction, science fiction, speculative fiction, and - dare I say it - business fiction all matter and are a huge part of building the future.

I published my most in-depth post ever today. It’s about funding the open social web platforms that have the potential to unseat democracy-eroding services like X. I’d love your feedback.

Ben Werdmuller

Let's fund the open social web

A pro-social approach to building better platforms