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by borjamoya 7y ago
Probably. But we have entered into an arms race mentality--especially since 2016. The "if we don't do it they'll do it" makes this an unlikely scenario.
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by borjamoya 7y ago
That's the history of coinage, which came after debt. Debt is older though. It goes back 5,000 years--at least: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt:_The_First_5000_Years
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by borjamoya 7y ago
My pleasure! Enjoy it
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by borjamoya 7y ago
The problem of this way of thinking is that it makes “okay” to collect data that is not necessary for the app in order to work. It's not feasible because there's a huge economic logic behind that data collection. While the truth i
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by borjamoya 7y ago
That's up to you to decide. But I do want to create "buzz" around the conversation. We need it. The book? That's secondary. I don't make any money of out it. That's why I'm giving it away for free. But aga
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by borjamoya 7y ago
The thing is that data by itself is useless. You need the right infrastructure to make it work. Data without context is not information. But the point here is that there's data that shouldn't be collected in the first place. And t
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by borjamoya 7y ago
The problem with summaries and TL;DRs is that they don't allow you to start a conversation. So I can't provide you with a short answer because everybody is going to interpret it with their own filter. That's exactly why I wro
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by borjamoya 7y ago
That's what common sense says. But there's no proof that that ever happened. I recommend you to check out Graeber's book. Or you can read my whole explanation in the fourth section of Data Dictatorships.
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by borjamoya 7y ago
Right, and the shift gets even deeper. Few people know this but money was invented to keep track of debt. In fact, what most economic textbooks say is that money comes from barter. It turns out there's no single evidence that this ever
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by borjamoya 7y ago
Hi, I'm the author of the book. I believe decentralization in theory could work. But our current situation is so chaotic that there's no clear solution. However, the key here is to understand the full picture. In the book I argue
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by borjamoya 7y ago
I feel your pain, but I wouldn't underestimate our current situation. This is much much bigger than we think it is. Forget about fake news, election interferences or Russian propaganda. The reality is much more chaotic, complex and dre
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by borjamoya 7y ago
By the way, in the website there are links to download for free the book Data Dictatorships.
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Data Dictatorships: The Arms Race to Hack Humankind(borjamoya.com)
126 points by borjamoya 7y ago|52 comments
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The Terrible Sequels of the Digital Cold War(medium.com)
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The Digital Cold War(bmstudios.org)
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The Digital Cold War [video](bmstudios.org)
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The Digital Cold War(youtube.com)
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The Rise of Data Dictatorships(youtube.com)
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The Digital Cold War-A Battle to Rule the World and Establish Data Dictatorships(medium.com)
2 points by borjamoya 7y ago|0 comments
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Computational Propaganda: Why Data Extraction Allows Manipulation(youtube.com)
2 points by borjamoya 7y ago|0 comments
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The Future of Democracies Depends on How We Deal with Privacy Today(archive.org)
4 points by borjamoya 8y ago|0 comments
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The Anatomy of Illiberal States: Where There Is Society, I Am the Law(medium.com)
2 points by borjamoya 8y ago|0 comments
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The Future of Democracies Depends on How We Deal with Privacy Today(youtube.com)
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Why Democracies Die-The Reason Privacy Is the Source of Power in the 21st Centur(medium.com)
2 points by borjamoya 8y ago|0 comments
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Modern Dictatorships and the Fall of Democracy: A System Ruled by Data Oligarchs(medium.com)
3 points by borjamoya 8y ago|0 comments
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The dangers of outsourcing your perception of reality to Facebook(youtube.com)
3 points by borjamoya 8y ago|0 comments
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Advertising Is a Disease That Thrives in the Attention Business(medium.com)
3 points by borjamoya 8y ago|0 comments
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Living in a Fictional Story Created by Social Media Is Making Us Delusional(youtube.com)
1 points by borjamoya 8y ago|0 comments
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Russian Propaganda, IRA and How to Hack Society Through Social Media(medium.com)
2 points by borjamoya 8y ago|2 comments
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Being Brought to a Chinese Police Station Turned Me into a Privacy Advocate(medium.com)
3 points by borjamoya 8y ago|0 comments

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