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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. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 30 Aug 2017

      Aral Balkan Retweeted David Green

      Good piece yet nationalising centralised silos won’t fix this, regulating them and funding decentralised alts will. https://ar.al/notes/encouraging-individual-sovereignty-and-a-healthy-commons/ …https://twitter.com/david_green_uk/status/902781953451200513 …

      Aral Balkan added,

      David Green @david_green_uk
      Thoughtful piece by @n_srnck: We need to nationalise Google, Facebook and Amazon. Here’s why http://sco.lt/6u0zU9  #Tech #FutureOfWork
      1 reply 3 retweets 10 likes
    2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 30 Aug 2017
      Replying to @aral

      Aral Balkan Retweeted Aral Balkan

      (If you nationalise, you give all that power to the state. We need decentralised, interoperable, free/open alts to give power to the people)https://twitter.com/aral/status/902796955264450560 …

      Aral Balkan added,

      Aral Balkan @aral
      Good piece yet nationalising centralised silos won’t fix this, regulating them and funding decentralised alts will. https://ar.al/notes/encouraging-individual-sovereignty-and-a-healthy-commons/ … https://twitter.com/david_green_uk/status/902781953451200513 …
      5 replies 5 retweets 21 likes
    3. vakibs‏ @vakibs 30 Aug 2017
      Replying to @aral

      You are also foolish if you think a decentralised space needs no protection of the state. You will be cyber-attacked mercilessly.

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 30 Aug 2017
      Replying to @vakibs

      Good thing I don’t think that (otherwise, I wouldn’t be working on a framework of policies for govts or pushing for regulation)

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    5. vakibs‏ @vakibs 30 Aug 2017
      Replying to @aral

      I don't want to disparage your efforts. I admire them. But my opinion is you do not yet understand how big data leads to a natural monopoly.

      4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    6. vakibs‏ @vakibs 30 Aug 2017
      Replying to @vakibs @aral

      The assets that these tech monopolies sit on are the data of the citizens. This is their raison d'être. This data needs to be nationalized.

      2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
      Aral Balkan‏ @aral 30 Aug 2017
      Replying to @vakibs

      No, the distinction you’re missing the difference between data about things and data about people. The former should belong to the commons…

      2:56 AM - 30 Aug 2017
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