[liberationtech] Decentralization/Federation

[Alberto Cammozzo]

Hi,
an interesting position from MIT Media Lab that is at least in part
relevanto to a thread launched by Yosem in Frebruary on this list [1]
Defending​ ​ Internet​ ​ Freedom​ ​ through​ ​ Decentralization: Back​ ​
to​ ​ the​ ​ Future?

 <http://dci.mit.edu/assets/papers/decentralized_web.pdf>
 <https://www.wired.com/story/decentralized-social-networks-sound-great-too-bad-theyll-never-work/>

I think this technical analysis should open a more wide debate before
jumping to "will work/ will not work" conclusions: issues of such
complexity could not have a purely technical solution.
Economic, social, juridical, political issues should also be taken into
account.
For instance the report does not consider the innovations introduced in
a global data market by the EU GDPR.

Bests,

Alberto


[1]
<https://mailman.stanford.edu/pipermail/liberationtech/2017-February/016724.html>

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