{"id":1168,"date":"2025-02-04T09:50:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T08:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aksioma.org\/ayasu\/?p=1168"},"modified":"2025-05-16T09:45:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T07:45:48","slug":"terraforming-tales-of-software-and-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aksioma.org\/ayasu\/conference\/terraforming-tales-of-software-and-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Terraforming Tales of Software and Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Clea Bourne: Terraforming Tales of Software and Us\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D4m9FsZcwoc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The notion of software as \u201csoft\u201d is losing its meaning in modernity, even as layers of code rapidly \u201cterraform\u201d the earth. 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