Cognitive Sovereignty: The Missing Half of Digital Sovereignty
Owning your tools means nothing if you’ve outsourced your judgment. Digital sovereignty has a missing twin, and neither works without the other.
open-source
5 posts with the tag “open-source”
The Crutch and the Tutor: Cognitive Debt Is a Design Choice, Not a Property of the Machine
Every new cognitive tool triggers the same panic. The research says the real question isn’t whether AI harms thinking — it’s who designs the tool, and in whose interest.
What 'Open Source' Actually Means (and Why GitHub Is Betting You Don't)
GitHub wants you to email California lawmakers to stop an AI-transparency bill ‘to protect open source.’ The whole ask depends on you not knowing what open source actually is. So let’s fix that.
Owning the Terms: What Self-Hosting Actually Changes
Self-hosting changes the questions you ask about community and infrastructure — but not everyone needs to own the house. The fediverse works because of the choice, not because of the server.
Hello, World
The first thing any program prints is two useless words that prove the machine is listening. blackflag.dev is live — here’s what it’s for.