There is a 4th option: we create decentralised (NOT FUCKING BLOCKCHAIN… uhum…) systems where we have individual sovereignty & where the connections between our individually-sovereign nodes constitutes public space. See https://ar.al/notes/encouraging-individual-sovereignty-and-a-healthy-commons/ …https://twitter.com/DamianCorbet/status/981600278318407680 …
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It’s crucial that we separate data about people from data about rocks. The former must belong to the people themselves and the latter to the commons. In other words, data about individuals belongs to individuals and data about the commons belongs to the commons.https://twitter.com/aral/status/981603352986505216 …
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Aral Balkan @aralThere is a 4th option: we create decentralised (NOT FUCKING BLOCKCHAIN… uhum…) systems where we have individual sovereignty & where the connections between our individually-sovereign nodes constitutes public space. See https://ar.al/notes/encouraging-individual-sovereignty-and-a-healthy-commons/ … https://twitter.com/DamianCorbet/status/981600278318407680 …Show this thread1 reply 6 retweets 12 likesShow this thread -
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No one—neither corporations nor governments nor cities—have legitimacy in creating pools of/mandating access to data about individuals. Only individuals do. Democractically-elected governments, cities, etc., are the correct instruments for managing data about the commons.https://twitter.com/aral/status/981603707895844870 …
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Aral Balkan @aralIt’s crucial that we separate data about people from data about rocks. The former must belong to the people themselves and the latter to the commons. In other words, data about individuals belongs to individuals and data about the commons belongs to the commons. https://twitter.com/aral/status/981603352986505216 …Show this thread3 replies 3 retweets 11 likesShow this thread -
Aral Balkan Retweeted Aral Balkan
If your policies conflate data about rocks with data about people, the latter are going to get the short end of the stick. I cannot emotionally or physically hurt a rock; I cannot incarcerate a rock; I cannot deprive a rock of its life. I can do all that to people…https://twitter.com/aral/status/981604235254083584 …
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Aral Balkan @aralNo one—neither corporations nor governments nor cities—have legitimacy in creating pools of/mandating access to data about individuals. Only individuals do. Democractically-elected governments, cities, etc., are the correct instruments for managing data about the commons. https://twitter.com/aral/status/981603707895844870 …Show this thread1 reply 0 retweets 5 likesShow this thread
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All this to say that any proposal or policy that does not, at its root, separate data about people from data about rocks and guarantee strong, sovereign safeguards for the former is not worth considering as an option that’s compatible with human rights or democracy.https://twitter.com/aral/status/981604739405221890 …
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“Data” without a qualifier is a meaningless term. Always ask: Are you talking about data about people or data about rocks?
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