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title: More from Ursula Franklin
date: 2024-02-20T12:16:43-05:00
permalink: /more-from-ursula-franklin/
tags:
  - reading
---
[Yesterday's post](/captive-supporters/) prompted [@fishpatrol@weirder.earth](https://weirder.earth/@fishpatrol/111960327058875673) to suggest starting the "More from Ursula Franklin" newsletter. I would hate to disappoint!

Today in *The Real World of Technology*, Franklin suggests that "the crisis of technology is actually a crisis of governance," and goes on to note that

> we have lost the *institution* of government in terms of responsibility and accountability to the people. We now have nothing but a bunch of managers, who run the country to make it safe for technology. (121)

I've been thinking about [governance](/infrastructure-and-governance) for a bit, especially in working to develop the [community-based governance processes](https://sustaining.hcommons.org/governance/) that genuinely open infrastructure requires. It's not easy, though, when so much of the technocratic culture by which we are surrounded seems intent on [corroding our solidarity](https://sustaining.hcommons.org/governance/).