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Looking Further

We are Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

The Sustainable Software Manifesto is built on collective wisdom. Here are the essential resources for looking further, along with acknowledgments for those who have inspired our work.

Organizations and Movements

  • Center for Humane Technology
  • World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
  • B-Corp Certification
  • Mozilla Foundation
  • Ethical Source Movement
  • Tech for Good
  • Digital Public Goods Alliance
  • Platform Cooperativism

Thought Leaders

  • Tristan Harris
  • Lawrence Lessig
  • Shoshana Zuboff
  • Cory Doctorow
  • Kate Raworth

Frameworks and Resources

  • United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • OECD Principles on AI
  • Bauman, Z. (2000). Liquid Modernity. Polity Press.
  • Cover, R. (2023). Identity and Digital Communication: Concepts, Theories, and Practices. Routledge.
  • Hansen, A. H. (2019). "Et bofællesskab og en bevægelse: en antropologisk analyse af økosamfundsaktivisme på tværs af skalaer." Sociologisk Tidsskrift.
  • Winner, L. (2020). The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology. University of Chicago Press.
  • Rogers, E. M. (1983). "Diffusion of Innovations." Free Press.
  • The Karlskrona Manifesto for Sustainability Design
  • Agile Sustainability Manifesto

Key Reports and Documentation

  • "The Social Dilemma" (Documentary)
  • Nordic Think Tank for Tech and Democracy
  • GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)

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  • Human wellbeing
  • Inclusive creation
  • Data sovereignty
  • Transparent algorithms
  • Fair labor
  • Open infrastructure
  • Collaborative development
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