There are two powerful opposing forces battling today: the government and corporations, who have increasingly enlarged themselves and are seeking to consolidate even more centralized power and control; and opposite, a force we\u2019ve only just begun to see the power of: Decentralization.The Internet is a decentralized system, or at least, it\u2019s supposed to be. We may have had a few years where it was relatively free-range while we dealt with pop-up ads, but today, it\u2019s widely acknowledged that big tech has taken over, and the Internet is now firmly in the grasp of these semi-monopolistic companies. The problem now is that a difference in ideology, even if fairly tame, can result in censorship, or even loss of a platform.The success of systems like the Internet, and more recently cryptocurrency, shows us the flexibility, resiliance, and promise of what decentralized systems can do for society if implemented. This is of utmost importance \u2014 because this movement toward increased centralization isn\u2019t just affecting the Internet, but rather threatens to affect nearly every facet of our lives.Plans are already in motion by international organizations with the cooperation of government leaders and corporate CEO\u2019s to re-shape the social contract itself by changing and re-creating institutions and systems we use and rely on in modern life. Their desired changes are completely based upon increased top-down control by partnerships between governments and corporations working hand-in-hand.What we are witnessing is nothing short of the merging of public and private \u2014 of corporations into government \u2014 under one ideology and one narrative. They call this Stakeholder Capitalism, but it\u2019s really Corporatism, and quickly headed in the direction of Technocracy.Please consider \u2014 there is no guarantee of the level of access we will have to any potentially powerful technologies in the near future. While we still have such technology\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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