My talk on March 19, 2023 at the Free Software Foundation’s annual convention in Boston, MA is now available!

In it, I go from the invention of the double-entry account ledger, through the material make-up of our machines of measurement, up to modern computer-driven economics. We look at punch-cards before computers, early university rigs, up to the IBM System/360, and the invention of UNIX and creation of Free Software. I also explain how people are enveloped by discontinuous layers of material reality, as distinct arenas which shape their being. And then we’ll see, by many historical examples, how to hack through those layers of material reality, to freedom!

You can watch the original upload on the FSF’s own MediaGoblin instance , their Free Software video platform. That site includes a link to my original slides, if you want to see things in hi-res. 🙂

I’ve also uploaded the video to the proprietary, evil YouTube for the sake of ease-of-access. 😉

Much thanks to the FSF for having me and putting on a fantastic conference. Check out the rest of the amazing presentations at their site.