I am interested in empowerment tools. What is the blockchain technology, Andrew? First what it is and then what is does, okay? Thanks.
Am Dienstag, 17. Februar 2015 schrieb andrew vecsey : > I have been thinking about your post Niel. > The internet connects people via their computers. That is very empowering. > especially to the owners of centralized computers that offer porn, > entertainment, commerce and information. It is however the decentralized > form of the internet that is truly empowering, enabling people globally to > freely communicate and share information without the control of centralized > powers. The blockchain technology is the most empowering. It frees people > to make money transactions without banks, legal transactions without > lawyers, and allows people to vote and voice their opinions without > politicians. > > On Friday, February 13, 2015 at 3:41:22 PM UTC+1, archytas wrote: >> >> Most of my use of the internet concerns researching pretty dire academic >> papers and books through still largely restricted access. It's much >> cheaper than buying the stuff directly, particularly as 99% of what shows >> up is dross. I've played with the rest to find out what is there. Search >> is a big plus compared with rooting through stuff in a university library. >> Now, much google search just turns up dross I don't want. >> >> In an academic project we are interested in what is on the net generally >> - in terms of how much of general consciousness this represents. Rational >> discussion is a tiny part of what is on the net. Techies spend a lot of >> time looking for cut and paste code and ways we might automate this sweep. >> There is a background idea that we are looking for new ways to do 'expert >> knowledge' on the metaphor of people not being able to build cars but able >> to drive them with a bit of training. My own bad is 'big data' as a new >> language that would bring a different speed to human discourse and >> potentially control of the means of production. >> >> Lately, I'm interested in the lack of a business model for anything >> except trash. I can join a site where a couple of young women will send me >> off-the-peg clothes on approval to ensure my sartorial elegance, though >> don't. There are plenty of interesting Moochs, but I don't have time. I >> bank n line and have the joy of never seeing a bank clerk. Shopping can be >> done in the same manner as shops don't interest me at all. My insurance >> renewals are always 30% higher than I can get the same cover for via one of >> the broker sites on the day. >> >> I do electronic teaching. So I'm no longer racked by whatever diseases >> undergraduate classes try to kill me with. And I never see a boss or have >> to attend a useless staff meeting, or have my classes flooded as the >> students discover I'm an easier touch and tell jokes. The work is more or >> less pre-prepared and my timetable is not changed at ridiculous short >> notice and I don't have to take time to teach kids from other classes, at >> my door because they can't get anywhere with the guy supposed to help. >> >> I can watch television and films through illegal sites, but would really >> prefer to pay for channels where I could select from much wider material >> without packaging. The current business model encourages loads of channels >> with the same (usually old) dross, or stuff like Netflix with only 1% I'd >> want to see and don't want to pay to support. Sports channels require me >> to pay for soccer I don't want. Tony has done more for me in a few minutes >> (neglecting his production time) than Sky Arts bores ever could. We lack a >> business model of actual choice. With one, insanestream news and other >> entertainment, the crap science pornography of the BBC, Discovery and so >> on, would be things of my past. In chronic business terms, I wonder how >> they do market segmentation at all. I am sick of Blue Peter (kids >> programme here) presentation. >> >> One can imagine plenty of people like the best through this group wanting >> something very different and something large enough not to be a part of >> when time presses and so on. Uber, properly supervised against racist >> drivers, could bring very radical change - I meet few who can explain why - >> though we have not yet worked out that technology could massively reduce >> what we currently call work and planet burning. In the meantime we can't >> even set up a discussion group without Gabby (and everyone really) worrying >> on the curtain shades. Give us a twirl then girl, like one of those doxies >> Bruce Forsythe used to encourage. I can see something of a business model, >> starting with Chris' 'attractors'. The eventual key is content for a >> sophisticated audience - remembering very few people do education without >> any kind of accreditation pay-off and the means to pay for organisation >> does not move easily from free. Current strategies are advertising and the >> begging bowl. >> >> >> > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/minds-eye/JQ9a6NzpVYU/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','minds-eye%[email protected]');> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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