Mitch Altman
Mitch is a Berlin-based hacker and inventor, best known for inventing TV-B-Gone, as a featured speaker at hacker conferences, as an international expert on the hackerspace movement, and for teaching introductory electronics workshops. He is the founder of San Francisco hackerspace Noisebridge and also the Chief Scientist and CEO of Cornfield Electronics.
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Choices, Motivation, Meaning: Traversing the Time of our Lives
What motivates us to do what we do? How do we find meaning in doing it? What makes us choose what we choose? Can we do better? What is important? Can we thrive and feel excellent, regardless of particular outcomes? (2024-11-12)
The Future of Our Communities
Is there a future for hackerspaces? Is there a future for humanity? If so, the keys lay with community. We need community. Community is hard work. We humans are not necessarily good at it. Mix in the rise of authoritarianism, manipulation through "social" media, bad actors, trolling, the skyrocketing cost of real estate, the ability for lefty-identified people to be mean to each other -- and the r.. (2024-07-08)
Can Tech Serve Humanity?
Given that so many of the serious problems facing us today were created by past technologies, is it possible to create tech that overall helps, rather than harms? This talk explores this important question. (2022-10-16)
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