Other Groups & People

LC is one group among many who are dissilusioned with the state of computing. From physical interfaces, to decentralised networking and online governance, it is only possible to

Folk Computer

Folk Computer is a research & art project, led by Omar Rizwan and Andrés Cuervo, centered around designing new physical computing interfaces.

Malleable Systems Collective

Modern computing is far too rigid. Applications can only function in preset ways determined by some far away team. Software is trapped in hermetically sealed silos and is rewritten many times over rather than recomposed. This community catalogs and experiments with malleable software and systems that reset the balance of power.

Low-Tech Magazine

Low-tech Magazine underscores the potential of past and often forgotten technologies and how they can inform sustainable energy practices.

Crypto Commons

While "crypto" brings to mind right-wing libertarians and Silicon Valley tech bros whose hopes for the technology are far from egalitarian, some are working to apply this technology to leftist political causes. The Crypto Commons Association (CCA) is a non-profit organization promoting the general development of Crypto Commons infrastructures.

Metagov

Cultivating tools, practices, and communities that enable self-governance in the digital age. Metagov are a research group working toward a governance layer for the internet that is "empowering, creative, interconnected, and accountable."