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Decentralisation is as much a technology as it is an ideology. The technical solutions are relatively mature, but to become ingrained there has to be value shif
by gillesjacobs 4y ago
Decentralisation is as much a technology as it is an ideology. The technical solutions are relatively mature, but to become ingrained there has to be value shift in appreciation of the decentralisation of power, democracy, and privacy.
And we can't take for granted that society will evolve towards continued progress because it clearly won't without advocates.
- abdullahkhalids 4y agoYou are right. But I would contend that the technical solutions still have a lot of friction. Remember back in the day, when you just downloaded limewire or kazaa and that was all that was needed to get on a decentralized file sharing network. Compare this to the recent experience of many people deciding on a mastodon server and joining it and figuring out how to follow people from other servers.