George Aguiar

George Aguiar

Liberation Technologist

The blog

  1. A rustic wooden desk next to a rain-streaked window overlooking bare trees, featuring an open spiral notebook with a hand-drawn diagram connecting "Universal Human Needs" and "Resilient Software Architecture," alongside a steaming ceramic coffee mug, a slide rule, two technical drafting pens, and a small green plant in a miniature felt grow bag.

    Healing the System: A Software Engineer's Guide to Nonviolent Communication

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  2. A cozy, rustic wooden desk by a window overlooking a frosty autumn landscape. On the desk rests a guitar neck, a steaming mug, an open notebook displaying a mesh network diagram and the handwritten phrase "Provide the software free of charge to anyone," a small radio circuit board, and a Raspberry Pi with a sticker that reads "Don't interrupt me, I'm thinking!"

    Looking at the Web from Both Sides Now: Picking, Grinning, and Open Source

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  3. Worn walking boots and an old typewritten treaty page under a pocket watch on a porch step, with a leaf-covered trail through bare autumn trees beyond.

    A Ceasefire You Have to Keep Renewing

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  4. An envelope with a hand-drawn diagram comparing a mycelium network to a decentralized computer mesh network rests on a rustic wooden table next to a pocket watch, a steaming ceramic mug, and a small circuit board with an antenna, with a forest view through a window in the background.

    Eleventh Hour, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Month: Dreaming of True Armistice

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About

  1. I build with software, design, writing and AI, but I’ve learned that tools alone don’t set anyone free.

  2. The deeper work is reclaiming the history we were never taught, unlearning the fear we absorbed, and breaking the patterns of thought that keep domination alive.

  3. We live in a time of constant crisis, 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 do that work: putting modern tools in service of awareness, repair and self-determination, not of spectacle or the polished repetition of dead ideas.

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