Silicon Valley is now a part of the military-industrial complex. Geeks make warfare sound less like warfare because those waging war can stay far away from the battlefields. Humans are an optional extra here.
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All the more important to dissociate from the Silicon Valley when it comes to using its infrastructure to serve citizens needs. India should consider the French way of junking Windows for Linux. When push comes to shove, even Linux is not trustworthy given its founder already picked a side in Russia Ukraine war. It is highly important to build and mature sovereign digital ecosystem right from the chip level to OS to application. India is good at application but a laggard in hardware and OS level.
All the more important to dissociate from the Silicon Valley when it comes to using its infrastructure to serve citizens needs. India should consider the French way of junking Windows for Linux. When push comes to shove, even Linux is not trustworthy given its founder already picked a side in Russia Ukraine war. It is highly important to build and mature sovereign digital ecosystem right from the chip level to OS to application. India is good at application but a laggard in hardware and OS level.