Anatole France quote that’s been on my mind a lot lately: “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.”
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That suggest quasi-communism via open source infrastructure layer and subscription based gov with preferably fewer vendor lock-in mechanics.
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The next pattern of social organization is mycelial. It is growing through the towers, digesting them.
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But if the medium is the message, how can the message of the medium be the message?
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This was hearted and I'd like to stress my opinion that, while he understands more than I likely ever will, anytime he refers to the medium being the message, my impression is that Venkat yet understands what that entails, which is probably a good thing tbh.
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Some features to consider: pervasive surveillance (for good/bad), highly localized/individual but connected globally, context aware, w/ data control at the heart of power. Key questions become who do you trust to manage/govern this and how hard is it to opt in/out (vote).
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I tried to think about this as it relates more to industry structure a couple of years ago. But feels like it could be applied more generally given the socio-political drivers I used to form these:http://bit.ly/platformscenario …
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