[PaulHoule]

Livingston is far from the "lifestyle anarchism" that Bookchin warned about

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/murray-bookchin-soci...

that is, Livingston provides answers (that can be applied at the workgroup level) to the problem of people being over their heads with technology aimed specifically at technologists who are in the belly of the beast and are facing the problem directly.

If you want some top down answer to the problem you might as well pray to God because that's as likely to work as the alternatives.

[Bradley_A_Pliam]

If there isn't a top down effort, it will be a sluggish, "I'll get to when I feel like it" approach to dealing with existential threats to the human race. We have to come to terms with the fact that utopian dreams must be, to a large extent, deferred in order to do what is right for the planet with an every shrinking window of time. That means utilizing existing power structures. As I said, authoritarianism is a present reality that gets things done, though freedom-loving Americans fail to notice this. I don't want authoritarianism, I'm hoping for a signaling and messaging from influencers and power-brokers to coalesce a national response to urgent issues.