The Tech We Want

The Tech We Want The Tech We Want is a community and platform for those seeking to seed and embed responsible tech values in emerging tech.

Old systems are dying. New ones are being born.We're closing out the year with a reflection on 2025: the cracks in the e...
12/12/2025

Old systems are dying. New ones are being born.

We're closing out the year with a reflection on 2025: the cracks in the extractive tech model, the movements gaining ground, and why we're more convinced than ever that the future is still up for grabs.

Read the full post on Substack. Link in bio.

Everyone's talking about LLMs. We're betting on a different model.In March, THE LIGHT HOUSE returns to Austin with a sim...
12/11/2025

Everyone's talking about LLMs. We're betting on a different model.

In March, THE LIGHT HOUSE returns to Austin with a simple premise: Love is Our LLM.

In a world racing toward artificial everything, we're doubling down on the irreplaceable technology of human connection.

Real relationships. Real presence. Real power.

Save the date: March 13 & 14 2026. Registrations open in January.

Culture is infrastructure. Hope is strategy. 🌿If you follow The Tech We Want, you might wonder why we show up alongside ...
10/28/2025

Culture is infrastructure. Hope is strategy. 🌿

If you follow The Tech We Want, you might wonder why we show up alongside festivals like Sundance and SXSW.

Whether it's through stories considering the impact of AI, or filmmakers centering communities in their work, creatives are already leading the charge on reimagining technology. This isn't separate from systems change; it's foundational to it.

We show up at leading cultural events because we believe storytelling isn't a nice-to-have. It's infrastructure. It's how we remember who we are, imagine who we could be, and build the courage to get there together.

We're taking this energy into everything we do: THE LIGHT HOUSE in March, our convenings, our funds.

And now, we're launching a new home for these conversations: a Substack where we go deeper on narrative change, cultural strategy, and the power of collective imagination.

This isn't just another tech conference. It's a homecoming for everyone building the future we actually want to live in....
10/10/2025

This isn't just another tech conference. It's a homecoming for everyone building the future we actually want to live in. 🏡✨

THE LIGHT HOUSE returns to Austin March 13-14, 2026 at The Belmont—and this time, we're leading with what matters most: love as our operating system.

While the tech world obsesses over large language models, we're investing in more powerful invisible forces: human connection, collective care, and the relationships that hold us together when systems fall apart.

Over two days, we'll explore:
✨ Community as infrastructure
✨ Convening as social engineering
✨ Rewriting the code that shapes our relationship to technology

Plus Lightning Talks, hands-on activations from community partners, and the kind of joyful, generative gathering that reminds us why we're in this fight.

Mark your calendars. Gather your people. Registration opens December 1, 2025.

Want to understand why we keep showing up? Why we believe in the power of gathering? Read our latest thoughts on Substack—link in bio.

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We're taking the responsible innovation movement on the road. 🚌✨From Sundance to SXSW, Birmingham to the Vineyard, we're...
10/10/2025

We're taking the responsible innovation movement on the road. 🚌✨

From Sundance to SXSW, Birmingham to the Vineyard, we're building coalition, shifting narrative, and centering community across the country.

Because the tech we want isn't being built in boardrooms or behind closed doors—it's happening in third spaces, at the margins, and everywhere people are choosing connection over extraction.

Join us at one (or all) of these gatherings. Bring your questions, your vision, and your people. This is how we shift power: together, in community, building the future we deserve.

📍 2026 TOUR DATES:

Jan 22-29 • Park City, UT – The Impact Lounge at Sundance
Mar 13-14 • Austin, TX – The Light House during SXSW
May 13-14 • Philadelphia, PA – Total Impact Summit
Jun 24-26 • Birmingham, AL – Sloss.Tech
Aug 8-16 • Martha's Vineyard, MA – TTWW Kickback
Sept 26 • Washington, DC – CBC Annual Legislative Conference
October • San Francisco, CA – SOCAP

Registration details coming soon. Mark your calendars. Tell your people. Let's build!

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🌎 Day 30: Kiva 💚Lending with empowerment and impact. .org connects people through crowdfunded microloans, supporting ent...
07/30/2025

🌎 Day 30: Kiva 💚

Lending with empowerment and impact. .org connects people through crowdfunded microloans, supporting entrepreneurs worldwide with transparent, equitable finance.

Over $2 billion distributed to 5+ million people, reshaping financial inclusion and opportunity.

Join the movement: kiva.org ✨🌱

🚲 Day 29: CoopCycle 📦Fair deliveries powered by cooperatives. connects ethical courier co-ops worldwide with businesses...
07/29/2025

🚲 Day 29: CoopCycle 📦

Fair deliveries powered by cooperatives. connects ethical courier co-ops worldwide with businesses and customers, building a transparent, worker-owned alternative to gig economy delivery platforms.

Support worker-owned deliveries at coopcycle.org 🌍✨

🧅 Day 28: Tor Project 🔒Privacy is a human right. builds technology empowering people to explore the internet safely and...
07/28/2025

🧅 Day 28: Tor Project 🔒

Privacy is a human right. builds technology empowering people to explore the internet safely and anonymously, protecting users worldwide from censorship and surveillance.

Defend your digital privacy at torproject.org 🌐✨

🥬 Day 27: Open Food Network 🍅Local food systems, reimagined. connects farmers, consumers, and community groups directly...
07/28/2025

🥬 Day 27: Open Food Network 🍅

Local food systems, reimagined. connects farmers, consumers, and community groups directly—building resilient food networks rooted in fairness, transparency, and sustainability.

Support local, eat ethically: openfoodnetwork.net 🌱✨

🧹 Day 26: Up & Go ✨Fair work meets cooperative ownership. is a platform connecting you directly to worker-owned cleanin...
07/26/2025

🧹 Day 26: Up & Go ✨

Fair work meets cooperative ownership. is a platform connecting you directly to worker-owned cleaning cooperatives, ensuring fair wages, ethical labor, and transparent pricing—no middlemen, just empowered workers.

Book ethically at upandgo.coop 🌿

🥕 Day 25: Karrot 🌍Community organizing made simple, human, and collaborative. Karrot is an open-source platform helping ...
07/25/2025

🥕 Day 25: Karrot 🌍

Community organizing made simple, human, and collaborative. Karrot is an open-source platform helping grassroots groups manage tasks, share resources, and build solidarity around food saving, mutual aid, and sustainability.

Start organizing your community at karrot.world ✨

🚫 Day 24: Right To Be ✋Everyone deserves to feel safe and respected in public spaces. provides digital tools, training,...
07/24/2025

🚫 Day 24: Right To Be ✋

Everyone deserves to feel safe and respected in public spaces. provides digital tools, training, and resources empowering communities to combat harassment and create safer, inclusive environments for all.

Stand up against harm and join in at righttobe.org ✨

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