Post #4446182
2026-08-08 09:05 UTC
Hardly a day goes by without my getting email from someone looking for ways to do good with technology. From computer science students thinking about post-grad careers to seasoned coders with decades of experience, there's an army of hackers looking for a way to turn their expertise into public goods.
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr 2026-08-08 09:06
There's a name for this movement: it's called "Public Interest Technology" and the people who work in it are called "public interest technologists." There've always been techies who understood the link between tech and public wellbeing and who committed themselves to working for the betterment of society. 2/