George Aguiar

George Aguiar

Liberation Technologist

The blog

  1. Me, a middle-aged man wearing a black cap, dark t-shirt, shorts, and sandals walks toward the camera along an elevated stone pedestrian pathway atop the historic Águas Livres Aqueduct in Lisbon, Portugal. On the left, a metal railing overlooks a sprawling urban landscape of red-tiled roofs and distant buildings under a clear blue sky, while a massive, weathered stone wall with an arched tower borders the right.

    Free Waters and Flexible Frames: Engineering Lessons from Lisbon’s 1755 Earthquake

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  2. An older man with glasses and a beard holding an 8-inch floppy disk at a desk next to an open vintage computer, with autumn hills visible through a window in the background.

    Seeking Common Ground: What a Fragmented Floppy Drive Teaches Us Today

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  3. A candid photograph of a smiling older man with a white beard and a dark hiking cap, walking along a scenic gravel rail-trail in the Appalachian mountains during autumn. He wears a navy t-shirt, dark shorts, and a backpack, surrounded by falling colorful leaves, dense forest, and a shallow creek.

    Prepping for Prepping: Is Starting Now Too Late for Us?

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  4. An older man with a white beard and glasses sits on a cabin porch holding a steaming mug, looking at the camera. The background shows a colorful autumn mountain landscape.

    From ARPANET to Autonomous AI: Reclaiming Decentralization and Our Digital Freedom

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About

  1. I build with software, design, writing, and AI, but I no longer mistake tools for liberation itself.

  2. The deeper work is freeing ourselves from historical erasure, internalized fear, and the patterns of thought that keep domination alive.

  3. We live in a time of unceasing trauma, collapsing trust, and institutions that reward distraction over truth.

  4. In that climate, technology is only useful if it helps people remember clearly, think independently, and act with moral responsibility.

  5. This site is where I explore that work: using modern tools in service of consciousness, repair, and self-determination—not spectacle, not automation for its own sake, and not the polished repetition of dead ideas.

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