| ▲ | TheAceOfHearts 8 hours ago | |
I learned about this book / concept: Tools for Conviviality [0]: > Illich proposes the idea of a 'convivial tool', one which allows its user to exercise their human autonomy and creativity. This came up as I was reading about UX / UI design and trying to understand the fundamentals of how to increase human autonomy. Although my key takeaway is a bit shallow at the moment, mostly focused on applying this map towards existing tools in order to try to identify ways in which they can be modified and improved to maximize autonomy. The Wikipedia article also references this concept of radical monopoly: > Tools for Conviviality also introduced Illich's idea of a 'radical monopoly', which describes a technology or service which becomes so exceptionally dominant that even with multiple providers, its users are excluded from society without access to the product. Which has extended to me wondering about what the world will look like as people are increasingly pushed to use LLMs or other AI tools in more and more interactions. And in particular, what actions can or should be taken to maximize human well-being. | ||