[liberationtech] Bitcoin as a Humanitarian Finance tool

[J.M. Porup]

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On 11/28/14 14:41, Lorelei Kelly wrote:
> My libtech friends will like this, I think: 
> http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/28/lets-make-bitcoin-the-biggest-humanitarian-tool-the-world-has-ever-seen/
>
> 
"As the information revolution continues to redistribute power
from centralized hierarchies to individuals and communities..."

Simplifying the narrative this way does us all a disservice.

Infotech gives more power to the individual. But infotech also gives
*way* more power to spies and gangsters (but I repeat myself).

It's not a zero-sum game.

Jens

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