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→Towards a Positive Vision
At an early employee workshop in Berlin, someone commented that we lack a positive vision for a 'datafied' society. The world ''needs'' a vision for a healthier alternative to the Surveillance Economy --- and they want Mozilla to help define and create a more favorable future.
: ''“We need to organize the Internet around new values...Mozilla has these values: privacy, civil society, user control, along with a creative and active legal team.” ''- Ben Wizner, Director of Speech, Privacy & Technology Project, ACLU
Rather than an exposing, excluding, and exploiting system, we imagine an alternative to the Surveillance Economy.
'''Not an economy based on exploiting the individual, but a society in service of the collective.'''
A datified society is not built on manipulating the individual but on empowering its citizens.
This society consists of individuals, businesses, public groups, private social circles, and collectives.
Its citizens are part of a dialogue, an open agreement between one another, their governance, their economy, and their society at large.
Data is their connective thread, currency, and the evidence of their value exchanges.
:''“We are not going to move out of this. Data will be a core point of the future value equation. So, how might we have an information economy and create value through AI and data, without being exploitative?”'' - Mark Surman, Executive Director, Mozilla Foundation
:''“Technology made radical asymmetry and the Surveillance Economy possible. But social technology representing the collective can realign this asymmetry. Mozilla can help do this.”'' - Daniel Schmachtenberger, Civilization Theorist, Center for Humane Technology
:''“The world needs Mozilla right now.”'' - Alan Davidson, VP of Global Policy, Trust and Security, Mozilla
:“''This is not a digital revolution, it's a digital renaissance—and a renaissance means the things that were repressed come back...I feel like Mozilla shouldn't just be a Web browser, but a portal to the Internet's functionality. I hope it could somehow expose the Internet under there.”'' - Douglas Rushkoff, Media Theorist and Author
:''“This is one of the biggest and most important things we can be working on right now. Mozilla is a player that matters in this.”'' - Anonymous
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