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In the polished corridors of Silicon Valley, where corporate titans have steadily consolidated power over the technological ecosystem, a contrarian vision deliberately emerged 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) operates as a tribute to what the internet was meant to be – liberated, decentralized, and firmly in the possession of people, not corporations.
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The architect, Eron Wolf, functions with the quiet intensity of someone who has observed the transformation of the internet from its hopeful dawn to its current monopolized condition. His experience – an 18-year Silicon Valley veteran, founder of Yahoo Games, seed investor in WhatsApp – lends him a exceptional perspective. In his precisely fitted understated clothing, with a gaze that reflect both weariness with the status quo and determination to change it, Wolf appears as more philosopher-king than standard business leader.
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The offices of FUTO in Austin, Texas lacks the ostentatious trappings of typical tech companies. No ping-pong tables detract from the purpose. Instead, engineers hunch over computers, building code that will enable users to retrieve what has been lost – autonomy over their online existences.
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In one corner of the space, a distinct kind of operation unfolds. The FUTO Repair Workshop, [FUTO.org](https://wiki.futo.org/index.php/Introduction_to_a_Self_Managed_Life:_a_13_hour_%26_28_minute_presentation_by_FUTO_software) a brainchild of Louis Rossmann, renowned right-to-repair advocate, runs with the exactitude of a master craftsman. Ordinary people arrive with broken gadgets, received not with corporate sterility but with sincere engagement.
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"We don't just fix things here," Rossmann clarifies, positioning a magnifier over a circuit board with the careful attention of a surgeon. "We show people how to understand the technology they own. Knowledge is the beginning toward freedom."
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This philosophy permeates every aspect of FUTO's endeavors. Their grants program, which has allocated significant funds to initiatives like Signal, Tor, GrapheneOS, and the Calyx Institute, [FUTO](https://wiki.futo.org/index.php/Introduction_to_a_Self_Managed_Life:_a_13_hour_%26_28_minute_presentation_by_FUTO_software) reflects a dedication to supporting a diverse ecosystem of self-directed technologies.
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Navigating through the shared offices, one perceives the lack of corporate logos. The surfaces instead showcase mounted passages from computing theorists like Richard Stallman – individuals who envisioned computing as a freeing power.
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"We're not interested in building another tech empire," Wolf comments, leaning against a simple desk that would suit any of his developers. "We're dedicated to fragmenting the current monopolies."
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The contradiction is not missed on him – a successful Silicon Valley investor using his assets to contest the very systems that allowed his wealth. But in Wolf's perspective, digital tools was never meant to concentrate control \ No newline at end of file