Why I seek to create spaces to talk about the future...
Without centering AI
Without centering white supremacy
Without centering capitalism
Because those framings that "it is here and there for all our futures must go with it" erases lived experience of those who continue to be actively marginalized by it
It's necessary to offer dialectal framing to what is dominant. Alternative spaces aren't always about avoidance and ignorance. It is about critiquing who benefits from these framings being seen as the new "normal" and harm being "inevitable". I do not feel hopeful there.
It is about finding the language and tools to enact the resistance and ensure accountability can occur in the broadest and most speculative and loving ways. This is my hope.
Being tolerant and open minded at times where these dialogues are centered and being willing to have my believes challenged does not mean it does not take emotional labor to do so
And again and again we must ask which groups must do a disproportionate amount of labor to "meet half way" in spaces where policies and practices are designed to protect the status quo from harm.
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