Our Manifesto
The Conscious Technologist (CT) is someone who proactively works to be a conscious user of technology, and helps other unconscious users in the process (through embodiment). It is a conscious way of being, versus just doing, with technology. Below is our working manifesto:
1 — We recognize that modern technology is not neutral
Especially with AI today. Every new tool we adopt shapes our attention, our thinking, and ultimately our humanity. We take deliberate responsibility for that shaping rather than outsourcing it to defaults, algorithms, or convenience.
2 — We are not anti-technology
Not luddites. Not people who meditate before opening Slack. We understand that we are carbon-based beings — biological, finite, embodied — now moving at the speed of silicon. And we refuse to let that speed mismatch happen unconsciously.
3 — We proactively design our relationship with technology
We know what’s in our stack, why it’s there, and what it costs us in attention, agency, and humanity. Not reactive. Not overwhelmed. Not outsourcing our thinking to defaults. We use technology on purpose, more often than not.
4 — We show up in every field
Engineering, medicine, education, art, finance, farming, physics, spirituality. The domain doesn’t define us. The orientation does.
5 — We don’t stay private about it
We take some form of responsibility for the people around us — our families, our communities, our organizations, our generation.
We are inter-dependent nodes of a guild, not practitioners in isolation.
What we stand for (the short code)
If you can stand behind these five, you’re one of us. Add your name to our CT Wall — a public yes to a new way of being:
Coherence over hype
Agency over automation
Standards over vibes
Alignment over keeping up
Embodiment over performance
