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schema: 1
type: term
title: _intentional tech_
description: >-
  **_Intentional tech_** is technology aligned with what you _intend_ to do —
  rather than with what you click — and it must be **chosen**, not defaulted
  into [^bb2c42aa-478f-5c9a-ac26-e83a54c63127@410]. In the channel's captured
  material, it is the flourishing alternative to engagement-maximizing systems
  that optimize for _revealed preference_
  [^bb2c42aa-478f-5c9a-ac26-e83a54c63127@443], and it is described through four
  pillars: **human-centered** (an extension of your agency), **private by
  design**, **pro-social**, and **open-ended**
  [^bb2c42aa-478f-5c9a-ac26-e83a54c63127@719].
canonical: >-
  https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/intentional-tech-62a04751d277
markdown: >-
  https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/intentional-tech-62a04751d277.md
llms: null
parent: 'https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/llms.txt'
channel: everyinc
updated: '2026-10-23T22:12:35.346Z'
language: null
children: []
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# \_intentional tech\_

Canonical: https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/intentional-tech-62a04751d277

Parent: [Channel index](https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/llms.txt)

## Definition

**_Intentional tech_** is technology aligned with what you _intend_ to do — rather than with what you click — and it must be **chosen**, not defaulted into [^bb2c42aa-478f-5c9a-ac26-e83a54c63127@410]. In the channel's captured material, it is the flourishing alternative to engagement-maximizing systems that optimize for _revealed preference_ [^bb2c42aa-478f-5c9a-ac26-e83a54c63127@443], and it is described through four pillars: **human-centered** (an extension of your agency), **private by design**, **pro-social**, and **open-ended** [^bb2c42aa-478f-5c9a-ac26-e83a54c63127@719].

When you encounter **_intentional tech_** in this channel's material, it appears in a specific debate: the choice between technology that optimizes for what you _click_ and technology that serves what you _intend_ to do. In the conversation with Alex Komoroske — former head of Chrome's web platform team at Google — _intentional tech_ names the second path: computing aligned with your intentions, such as spending quality time with family, having new experiences, and seeking disconfirming evidence that challenges your worldview [^bb2c42aa-478f-5c9a-ac26-e83a54c63127@410]. He stresses that this flourishing path is **not the default** — you will have to choose it and work to build it, because the default path of engagement-maximizing systems optimizes for _revealed preference_ instead [^bb2c42aa-478f-5c9a-ac26-e83a54c63127@443]. The material also gives the idea concrete shape through **four pillars**: being human-centered (an extension of your agency, not corporation-centered), private by design, pro-social, and open-ended enough to let you build and create rather than only the vendor deciding what is possible [^bb2c42aa-478f-5c9a-ac26-e83a54c63127@719]. As you explore the related material on AI and human meaning, you will see _intentional tech_ recur as part of a larger question — whether LLMs unlock human flourishing or become a precise dopamine machine — and you will be able to form your own position on where humanity stands in the AI age. The evidence is genuinely divided on some of these points, and the divisions themselves are part of the lesson.