[liberationtech] Thought experiment for Independence Day...

[Doug Schuler]

I suspected there were projects out there. Can you say anything about it?  Thanks!  

On Jul 4, 2014, at 8:12 AM, Natanael wrote:

> You mean YaCy? Exists already.
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> - Sent from my phone
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> Den 4 jul 2014 17:10 skrev "Doug Schuler" <douglas at publicsphereproject.org>:
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> Thought experiment for Independence Day...
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> How easy would it be to develop a “Public Google” that was distributed across tens of thousands of computers similar to the way that the SETI at home project uses the cycles of computers all over the world? 
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> I’m not sure how to keep the NSA out but this approach might be a good way to slow down the mining of personal data and provide a public alternative to the monopoly on search and access that Google has recently attained.
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> Of course after that the possibility of a Public Facebook etc. etc. also becomes more realistic?
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> This project seems do-able and the window may be shrinking?
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> Thanks for indulging me!
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> — Doug
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> Douglas Schuler
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Creating the World Citizen Parliament
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Liberating Voices!  A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (project) 
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