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Pour Pierre Noizat, fondateur de Paymium, « la décentralisation des serveurs est un enjeu majeur économique et démocratique. Économique d’abord, car aujourd’hui, un serveur central (toujours américain) capture toutes les données dans chaque secteur : Amazon, Apple, Uber, Google… La valeur ajoutée est ainsi aspirée dans la Silicon Valley. Politique

Stéphane Loignon • Big Bang Blockchain. La seconde révolution d'internet (ACTUALITE SOCIETE) (French Edition)

To be clear, concluding in brief: there is enough for all. So there should be no more people living in poverty. And there should be no more billionaires.

Enough should be a human right, a floor below which no one can fall; also a ceiling above which no one can rise. Enough is a good as a feast— or better.

Arranging this situation is left as an exerci... See more

All citizens over 18 would get an annual distribution, in dollars and company shares, into their accounts. People would be entrusted to use the money however they needed or wanted—for better education, healthcare, housing, starting a company, whatever. Rising costs in government-funded industries would face real pressure as more people chose their ... See more

Sam Altman · March 16 • Moore's Law for Everything

After Universal Basic Income, the Flood

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Visions of truly global DAOs representing billions of people are a fantasy. But if we apply our principle of "positive externalities" to include future citizens of the places we live, protocol-built public goods starts to look more like community-driven industrial policy.

otherinter.net • Positive Sum Worlds: Remaking Public Goods

Rich kids should go to public schools. The mayor should ride the subway to work. When wealthy people get sick, they should be sent to public hospitals. Business executives should have to stand in the same airport security lines as everyone else. The very fact that people want to buy their way out of all of these experiences points to the reason why... See more

Jason Kottke • Our Unpleasant Privatized Reality

Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals

Tyler Cowen

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Berne Declaration

Brett Scott • Heretic's Guide to Global Finance: Hacking the Future of Money

Free Market Advocates (WINNERS): I count myself among this group and I love the concept of transportation spending decisions actually being made by supply and demand, not political patronage or an arbitrary standard.