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Has anyone ever figured out if there's a way to design the internet so gatekeepers and centralized platforms don't come to dominate everything? Or are we just d
by raytopia 2y ago
Has anyone ever figured out if there's a way to design the internet so gatekeepers and centralized platforms don't come to dominate everything? Or are we just doomed to see this happen time and time again.
- MattGaiser 2y agoInfrastructure to facilitate exchange isn’t free and it provides a far superior experience for the buyer than buying from individual vendors. So you would need a way to make setting up and maintaining that common infrastructure very low cost.
- roughly 2y agoDoctorow’s written a few books here - not sure if they provide an answer, but he’s been one of the better thinkers in this space: https://craphound.com/shop/ https://craphound.com/shop/ Similarly, I liked Jaron Lanier’s “Who Owns the Future?”, which deals with similar topics: https://www.jaronlanier.com/futurewebresources.html https://www.jaronlanier.com/futurewebresources.html
- navane 2y agoAntitrust regulation? Government regulated infrastructure with many free market players on top? For example: a plaza that is maintained and scheduled by the municipality, with many private business vendors of overlapping goods. Afaik this is econ 101.