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1/7 It's difficult to draw an alternative vision for our future because the field is dominated by complex language, jargon & policy-focused dialogue.

📚That's why today EDRi publishes 4 sci-fi utopian stories that focus on people. Read now: edri.org/what-we-do/the-future

2/7 The stories help us reimagine & reinforce healthy alternatives to the current systems. Future in which people, the planet & tech connect.
 
Read about the obstacles people face when engaging with tech, how they can be part of the solution & what our futures could look like⤵️

3/7 “You tie our data together in little ribbons and put it out for sale, but you don’t realise that we are people. We may not be adults, but we’re still people. And we deserve privacy. Everyone deserves it.”
 
Read Disclosure by @bunnythedoc: edri.org/what-we-do/the-future

4/7 “[…] here I am, waiting for someone to notice, I mean really notice that the way I do things, the programmes I write are good, great even. Not great ‘considering what I am’. But just great [...]"
 
Read ATLR and the Great Reckoning by Katie Brown: edri.org/what-we-do/the-future

5/7 “Her life seemed to brim and overflow with events, people, and colour. Ticking her first checkbox, she moved on to the next, which was to investigate and look at the advertisements found across her Life Lines.”

Read Algorithm of grief by Naro Alonzo: edri.org/what-we-do/the-future

6/7 “Before handing back your freedom, the pre-recorded audio said, — worry, there are more CCTVs than salt. You started counting the world’s salt. [...] It kept your mind busy while in the Veil.”

Read 13 ways of looking at a CCTV by Naro Alonzo: edri.org/what-we-do/the-future

7/7 Big thanks to:

🥳 European Culture Foundation for funding our idea
💙 Gail Rego for co-leading the project
🎨 Vidushi Yadav for the beautiful illustrations
🗣️ Pascal.e Mbuyu Vermeulen & Sarah Chander for the narrations
💥Claudia Medrano, Olga t umaczy, Chloé Bianéis & Sarah Riehle for the translations