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Q: Can we convert facebook into a global coop? A: WHY should we?
“Seems like Facebook is going downhill for here. Perhaps opportunity to convert it into a global coop?” When I saw this question asked online, I couldn’t help but repeat asking how to convert Facebook, Twitter and similar platforms into a global coop is not the right question. The right question is: WHY should anyone do such a thing? What good would it make?
What's the difference between a blockchain-powered city and...?
“Blockchain-powered smart cities are more attainable than people imagine”, says this article. Cool. But so is …
The cost of five MORE years without perclouds
The percloud (“permanent/personal cloud”) is the simple, integrated alternative to Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, Flickr, Dropbox… that I first proposed in 2013. Yesterday, the P2P Foundation stimulated new discusssions about the percloud,
Forget blockchain. THESE are smart contracts
The blockchain is one of the two or three foundations of the business model of the century. One of its applications should be “smart contracts”. Unless another idea gets the credit it deserves.
And THE business model of the year is...
It is already evident that THE winning Business Model for year 2018 is:
Forget Net Neutrality. Think personal clouds instead
The FCC Net Neutrality decision on Dec. 14th, 2017 (*) has rightly caused a lot of outrage, and concrete reactions, both political (e.g. petitions) and technical ones