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1/ The biggest mistake of the Internet era was believing platforms could be value-neutral. As we learned, software without ethics will be usurped by oligarchs & tyrants
The promise of crypto-networks is to codify human freedoms in software so these freedoms cannot be co-opted👇
The promise of crypto-networks is to codify human freedoms in software so these freedoms cannot be co-opted👇
2/ We mistakenly thought the Internet was value-neutral. That 0 marginal cost was egalitarian. This was false.
Network effects unfurl unchecked and users cannot exit these systems. Central services are easily co-opted. The Internet converged to digital Feudalism and Oligopoly.
Network effects unfurl unchecked and users cannot exit these systems. Central services are easily co-opted. The Internet converged to digital Feudalism and Oligopoly.
3/ Small companies are subject to the whims of a few large digital “land” owners.
Individuals are subject to the whims of digital monarchs who track our every movement and can single-handedly cut us off from the digital economy.
Individuals are subject to the whims of digital monarchs who track our every movement and can single-handedly cut us off from the digital economy.
