* The (m)otherboard Manifesto v1.0 *

(m)otherboard believes:

Mothering takes many forms. By (re)turning to our origins, we bend the arc of technology from individual convenience to collective good.

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We are interdependent—across generations, chosen kin, communities of care, and mother earth.

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We listen to the wisdom of our children, elders, and ancestors.

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Stories are technology. Songs are technology. Rituals are technology. Houses are technology. Tables are technology.

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Technology is not neutral.

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Progress is nonlinear. The spiral cycles between past, present, and future.

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The future is not inevitable. It emerges from our collective imaginations.

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Feelings, instincts, yearnings, and dreams are meaningful signals.

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Machine learning can never replace embodied intelligence.

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Rupture is inevitable and repair is divine.

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Governance is a tool for moving forward, together.

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Clarity is care. Everyone benefits when values are made explicit.

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We thrive in community, both online and on the ground.

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Bring forth and nurture imagination at the margins to realize ideas hiding in plain sight.

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True innovation causes no harm.

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Relying on the generosity of billionaires is a bad plan.

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We are planting seeds for what comes after the fall.

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We cheat death not by becoming immortal, but by building a world where future generations thrive. Legacy, not life extension.

We are nurturing technology you’d be proud to bring home to your mother.