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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    1. Really!?‏ @Johan3362 16 May 2016

      @aral I'm checking out Ethereum, do you see any reason not to go there or how it could be annexed by the wrong crowd ?

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      Aral Balkan‏ @aral 16 May 2016
      Replying to @Johan3362

      Go for it – I’m not of the “blockchain will save us” crowd but worth looking into. @BobSummerwill may be able to help :)

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        2. Really!?‏ @Johan3362 16 May 2016
          Replying to @aral @BobSummerwill

          He's on it ;-) & Saving ourselves will only happen if we all overcome the 'Get filthy rich fast at any price' syndrome.

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        3. Bob Summerwill‏ @BobSummerwill 16 May 2016
          Replying to @Johan3362 @aral

          Indeed. Blockchain is just another tool. It cannot make irrational people rational or 'fix' greedy, selfish thinking.

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        4. Bob Summerwill‏ @BobSummerwill 16 May 2016
          Replying to @BobSummerwill @aral @Johan3362

          New technologies at least give us hope of a path to a better world. Individuals will still need to change, though.

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        5. Bob Summerwill‏ @BobSummerwill 16 May 2016
          Replying to @BobSummerwill @aral @Johan3362

          Because default choices only prioritize 'easy and cheap', and likely always will. Short term 'gain. At what cost.

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        6. Bob Summerwill‏ @BobSummerwill 16 May 2016
          Replying to @BobSummerwill @aral @Johan3362

          Having said that, technology is a huge enabler for good and bad, and I believe blockchain has huge potential to disrupt

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        7. Bob Summerwill‏ @BobSummerwill 16 May 2016
          Replying to @BobSummerwill @aral @Johan3362

          the status quo, by disintermediating monopolies and rent-seekers by opening up peer-to-peer options in multiple domains.

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        8. Bob Summerwill‏ @BobSummerwill 16 May 2016
          Replying to @BobSummerwill @aral @Johan3362

          Big appeal to me is having the opportunity to use my experience to try to build tech which offers hope of solutions.

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        9. Bob Summerwill‏ @BobSummerwill 16 May 2016
          Replying to @BobSummerwill @aral @Johan3362

          Versus just despairing and feeling powerless. But there are no silver bullets. We need to attack on multiple fronts.

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