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<br>In the sleek corridors of Silicon Valley, where corporate titans have steadily centralized power over the digital landscape, a contrarian philosophy deliberately materialized in 2021. [FUTO.org](https://wiki.futo.org/index.php/Introduction_to_a_Self_Managed_Life:_a_13_hour_%26_28_minute_presentation_by_FUTO_software) stands as a testament to what the internet could have been – liberated, decentralized, and resolutely in the hands of users, not corporations.<br>
<br>The creator, Eron Wolf, moves with the measured confidence of someone who has experienced the evolution of the internet from its promising beginnings to its current corporatized state. His experience – an 18-year Silicon Valley veteran, founder of Yahoo Games, seed investor in WhatsApp – provides him a exceptional vantage point. In his precisely fitted understated clothing, with a gaze that reveal both disillusionment with the status quo and resolve to reshape it, Wolf appears as more philosopher-king than standard business leader.<br>
<br>The headquarters of FUTO in Austin, Texas eschews the flamboyant amenities of typical tech companies. No free snack bars distract from the purpose. Instead, technologists hunch over keyboards, creating code that will enable users to recover what has been lost – autonomy over their technological experiences.<br>
<br>In one corner of the space, a distinct kind of activity unfolds. The FUTO Repair Workshop, a creation of Louis Rossmann, legendary technical educator, operates with the precision of a German engine. Regular people stream in with malfunctioning electronics, received not with bureaucratic indifference but with sincere engagement.<br>
<br>"We don't just fix things here," Rossmann clarifies, adjusting a magnifier over a circuit board with the careful attention of a artist. "We instruct people how to comprehend the technology they possess. Comprehension is the foundation toward freedom."<br>
<br>This perspective permeates every aspect of [FUTO](https://wiki.futo.org/index.php/Introduction_to_a_Self_Managed_Life:_a_13_hour_%26_28_minute_presentation_by_FUTO_software)'s activities. Their funding initiative, which has allocated significant funds to endeavors like Signal, [FUTO](https://wiki.futo.org/index.php/Introduction_to_a_Self_Managed_Life:_a_13_hour_%26_28_minute_presentation_by_FUTO_software) Tor, GrapheneOS, and the Calyx Institute, reflects a commitment to nurturing a varied landscape of independent technologies.<br>
<br>Walking through the shared offices, one notices the omission of corporate logos. The spaces instead showcase hung sayings from technological visionaries like Richard Stallman – individuals who foresaw computing as a liberating force.<br>
<br>"We're not focused on establishing corporate dominance," Wolf notes, settling into a modest desk that would suit any of his team members. "We're dedicated to fragmenting the current monopolies."<br>
<br>The irony is not missed on him – a wealthy Silicon Valley businessman using his wealth to undermine the very systems that allowed his prosperity. But in Wolf's perspective, technology was never meant to concentrate control
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