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   Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 23-Feb-2026 06:13:34 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

   A letter from 2016 to 2026 https://dustycloud.org/blog/a-letter-from-2016-to-2026/

   Just imagine if you wrote a letter to yourself a decade ago! The tech world is full of possibility! AI is starting to make waves, but don't worry, we'll have minimum basic income! And more!

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 23-Feb-2026 06:18:32 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     Contains such lines as:

     > With everything boring automated away by AI, we can finally focus on the creative parts of life that make life meaningful: writing, artwork, music, and let's not forget, computer programming!

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 23-Feb-2026 06:47:11 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     (Also, to be clear, these aren't all opinions I had in 2016. Some of them are, but I'm more writing from what I remember the "average liberal tech person" of 2016 saying.)

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     Eliot Lash (eliot_l@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Feb-2026 01:50:00 JST Eliot Lash

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     @cwebber Oof, you weren't kidding, it hurt to read this. Why are we in the bad timeline? 😭