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World After Capital: Copyright (Informational Freedom)
Albert Wenger – Dec 17, 2018
NOTE: I have been posting excerpts from my book World After Capital. Currently we are on the Informational Freedom section and the last week’s post was on being represented by a bot. Today looks at the rolling back copyright. Once [...] Read more
Uncertainty Wednesday: Leadership under Uncertainty
Albert Wenger – Dec 12, 2018
A startup founder I know likes to say that their leadership style is “frequently wrong, but never in doubt.” Often that expression is applied as a critique, such as in Cheryl Wheeler’s song Driving Home, but the founder meant it [...] Read more
World After Capital: Bots for All of Us (Informational Freedom)
Albert Wenger – Dec 10, 2018
NOTE: I have been posting excerpts from my book World After Capital. Currently we are on the Informational Freedom section and the previous excerpt was on Internet Access. Today looks at the right to be represented by a bot (code [...] Read more
Regulation for Facial Recognition Technology
Albert Wenger – Dec 7, 2018
When Brad Smith from Microsoft had called for the regulation of Facial Recognition technology in July I was concerned about where that might go, as it could easily result in stifling innovation. I was therefore relieved to see the principles [...] Read more
Uncertainty Wednesday: Investing, Perception Risk and Crypto
Albert Wenger – Dec 5, 2018
In investing there is uncertainty about returns. Some investments do well, others do poorly. But that is not the only risk that investors are concerned about when they are investing professionally on behalf of others. There is also the issue [...] Read more
World After Capital: Access to the Internet (Informational Freedom)
Albert Wenger – Dec 3, 2018
NOTE: I have been posting excerpts from my book World After Capital. The previous section introduced the concept of Informational Freedom. Today looks specifically at internet access. On occasion, the Internet has come in for derision from those who claim [...] Read more
Speech on Twitter: Platform not Publisher
Albert Wenger – Dec 1, 2018
We have entered a new phase of the discussion on what to do about speech on platforms such as Twitter. On the plus side many more people are engaged. On the minus side the calls to treat Twitter as a [...] Read more
On-Chain versus Off-Chain Computation, Turing Completeness and Zero Knowledge Proofs
Albert Wenger – Nov 28, 2018
I have been skeptical about Turing complete on chain computation for a long time. Many early proponents took the position that there is no issue because a mechanism such as Ethereum’s gas limits how long a computation can run. They [...] Read more
World After Capital: Informational Freedom
Albert Wenger – Nov 26, 2018
NOTE: I have been posting excerpts from my book World After Capital. The last few excerpts have been about Universal Basic Income as a way of expanding Economic Freedom. Today’s section introduces the concept of Informational Freedom. Can you read [...] Read more