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15−## Tools of Our Own
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17> People need only not to obtain things, they need above all the freedom to make things among which they can live, or give shape to them according to their own tastes, and to put them to use in caring for and about others.
17> People need only not to obtain things, they need above all the freedom to make things among which they can live, or give shape to them according to their own tastes, and to put them to use in caring for and about others.
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27And it's nobody's distinct fault that the experience of aligning all these disparate services into a workflow is a skill in itself. It's a collective restriction that comes from the systems beneath.
27And it's nobody's distinct fault that the experience of aligning all these disparate services into a workflow is a skill in itself. It's a collective restriction that comes from the systems beneath.
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31−## Systems as masters
33+### Systems as masters
33> If you don't understand a system you're using, you don't control it. If nobody understands the system, the system is in control.
35> If you don't understand a system you're using, you don't control it. If nobody understands the system, the system is in control.
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51This is why hybrid products are born *and* why massive enterprises are shifting toward subscription models for office software. With the [clearnet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearnet_(networking)), using our own computers for everyday tasks that extend outside themselves is not easy. It's way easier to sign into an enterprise's server farm for your persistent data storage and manipulation. In 2020, the prefab parts for the exoskeleton only come in "left arm, right leg" pairs, or you can just give up and plug straight into SkyNet.
53This is why hybrid products are born *and* why massive enterprises are shifting toward subscription models for office software. With the [clearnet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearnet_(networking)), using our own computers for everyday tasks that extend outside themselves is not easy. It's way easier to sign into an enterprise's server farm for your persistent data storage and manipulation. In 2020, the prefab parts for the exoskeleton only come in "left arm, right leg" pairs, or you can just give up and plug straight into SkyNet.
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55−## The collective body
59+### The collective body
57> “Autonomy” means that we make the **worlds that we are** grow.
61> “Autonomy” means that we make the **worlds that we are** grow.