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Can free software help us stop or ameliorate the coming apocalypse? Maybe... I discuss technological literacy, monopolies, open formats and free software through the lense of classic power structures.

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  • 1. Technology and Dystopia:How Free SoftwareCould Save the WorldDeb Nicholson4.27.2013

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