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This is a great overview of how for-profit, closed networks start extracting rents for their shareholders from all sides of the marketplace, pit their customers
by EGreg 4y ago
This is a great overview of how for-profit, closed networks start extracting rents for their shareholders from all sides of the marketplace, pit their customers against each other in zero-sum games and even turn to surveillance capitalism — all to turn a profit for their shareholders. And why open source gift economies and Utility Tokens can be a great alternative to shares, with an incentive structure that is better aligned with the public good. Here is how things can be, instead:
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