[Open] Sourcing Resistance

Disruption has become all the rage in the tech world since the Silicon Valley boom. In line with trajectories of co-optation, the rhetorical realm of disruption moved from a thing one does to halt hegemonic forces of destruction to a characterization of new high-grossing tech companies. A disruptor has now become a VC-backed techie fomenting those same oppressive economic and political forces within which silicon valley disruptors thrive.

In this discussion, we will explore lessons from the frontlines that open source and science ecosystems can use to reject the prevailing ethos of state and market backed tech and science. It is our hope to inspire folks to build tech that can directly deliver and hedge the power to disrupt back to the people.