this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2024
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A Boring Dystopia

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[โ€“] penquin@lemm.ee 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is one reason why I advocate for free and open source software, this same exact reason. So many poor people/kids can't afford to pay for software they need that could help them achieve something.

[โ€“] prosp3kt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The last barrier we have to destroy is the formal certification institutions such as colleges and universities. Their careers are not equivalent to knowledge a lot of occasions, even Musk said that in the past. Its more like a social club to meet people...