2023-05-24

  • What is folk: branching off from an existing one to create another version
  • Commonly used words in the context of software
  • I thought “forking a social system” meant “anything implemented in open source can be easily forked.”
  • but reading Audrey Tang’s “Let’s talk about a future no one has seen yet…”, I realized that it has a much broader meaning
  • p.42
  • p.91
    • g0v
    • If the government can’t get it right, we’ll set an example ourselves.”
      • Instead of changing governments, we are branching out.
    • If the government sees their example and thinks it’s a good one, they can just go ahead and use it.”
    • Change gov to g0v on the government website.
  • To create a situation where there are multiple options.

[/tkgshn-private/The Case for “Forking” Traditional Government](https://scrapbox.io/tkgshn-private/The Case for “Forking” Traditional Government) https://substack.garysheng.com/p/the-case-for-forking-traditional


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