""We have a big choice to make: we're about to jump into a new era of technology - meaning different values, expectations, and powers - and we need to choose what it looks like.*1 The transition itself is unavoidable, but the details are up to us. Today we must choose between a) a future where our software environment has a thought-shaped interface on top of all the old kludge, or b) a future where software is built from the ground up to represent our thoughts, not twist or control them.""
""For the past two centuries, invoking the term \"Luddites\" was shorthand for technological backwardness or fear of innovation - a sneer aimed at anyone who dared question the march of progress. But the real Luddites weren't afraid of machines; they were afraid of the social and economic impacts of the new technology on people - and of who controlled the terms of technological change.""
A pivotal technological choice looms: layer thought-shaped interfaces over existing software or rebuild software to represent human thought without twisting or controlling it. The shift toward thought-shaped software will reshape values, expectations, and power distribution. Design tooling is adapting, with native design token workflows removing plugin workarounds and improving design-to-code interoperability. Independent design communities promote underheard voices and critical practice. Critical perspectives include reframing Luddites as critics of who controls technology, advocating ownership of personal graphs to clarify and communicate value, and noting how mature organizations still concentrate top talent despite distributed systems.
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