the first year of the Digital Life Collective
The Digital Life Collective started in 2017, a new member owned co-op aiming to develop and support Tech We Trust — technologies that prioritise our autonomy, privacy and dignity — and we just wrote up a report of what we’ve been up to. It’s been a fascinating experience, seeing a new co-operative come to life. Unanticipated challenge: despite tech we don’t trust being such a hot topic in so many circles in 2017, it has proved surprisingly tough to get members to join. Maybe we’re too vague on what we’ll do and how we’ll do it? Or are many of the vocally worried people still not at the tipping point where concern starts to motivate action? Or something else? Hopefully in 2018 we’ll get a lot clearer on why you’d join today, and how we’ll achieve our mission of making sure the technology we all use is tech we trust. Unexpected emergence: some members have created the Social Ledger, a new way to coordinate and organise information and effort. Still in early stages of develop