Carlos Bueno expresses the general problem brilliantly: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/05/09/priest-guru-nerd-king/ https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/05/09/pries

Carlos Bueno expresses the general problem brilliantly: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/05/09/priest-guru-nerd-king/ https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/05/09/priest-guru-nerd-king/ (Excerpts below) Corporations do not want to legislate, let alone enforce, more of humanity’s behavior than they need to. They have better things to do. The universe isn’t going to dent itself. But because they are outpacing traditional governments in their ability to predict & shape human behavior, they walk right into stupidly impossible situations over and over again. Software isn’t eating the world so much as larping it. The governance problem is not about dealing with governments as such, but about accidentally adopting or creating arenas of human behavior that you then have to govern, with “externalities” that don’t remain external. Starting a ride-sharing service? Congratulations, you’re now an urban planner. Want to disrupt shipping logistics? Get ready to do your part to curb terrorism and slavery. The problem of governance arises wherever “move fast and break things” runs right into an older saying: “you broke it, you bought it”. Sometimes things blow up squarely on your turf. Think about what it takes to enforce a social network “real names” policy across hundreds of cultures. One account per person, one person per account, authentic names as used in real life. Zuck’s buddy Calvin can post pictures of himself holding pounds of weed but he can’t use the name he’s known by, Snoop Dogg.