I'm one of the director of a
small tech group. They are going
full steam ahead with hosting AI
on our infrastructure. I'm
against it, but they have
majority.

Which made me reflect about my
de-digitazing process.

Reduce: My usage and dependencies
on tech. Like the guy off-grid,
when a power outage happens, he's
not affected. How can I live my
life with not tech at all, or
with as little tech as
possible. The least amount of
accounts, the least amount of
machines, and the most freedom
with the tech I use; no one is
forcing me to update / upgrade,
change hardware etc. I question
whenever I want to add tech to my
tech stack. Reducing the number
of platform I need to use. Reduce
the quantity of bandwidth needed,
the quantity of data stored in my
home, reduce the back up storage. 

Learn: The basic of the tech I
use. When I don't know about the
tech I use I can't change it, or
repair it, or modify it to my own
liking, I am not free from it.
I can't learn everything
about tech, but a strong
foundation in the working of a
system becomes important.
Learning how to interconnect
the devices that I use. Learn
about perma-computing and what it
means to be resilient with tech. 

Localize: The information that I
use and want to keep handy. Using
stuff like Kiwix, or even a
local, self hosted, on my phone
or computer AI. We used to have a
load of CD for your linux distro,
where all the tools where with
you when you needed
them. Localize you shared data,
know where you host your
information. 

Re-use: Recycle old computer,
re-use old technologies that are
still working. Use an 15 years
old laptop, to write in an 50
years old editor(emacs), to
publish on a 35 years old
protocol (gopher), on an almost
40 years old server (sdf).