Hi max, Much thanks for sharing on the list. Will read...
Wishing you well. marc On 25 March 2016 at 11:35, Max Dovey <maxdo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Netbehaviours, long review on (some) of the problems surrounding > Blockchain speculation hype - > > Long review of 'MICHEL BAUWENS & THE PROMISE OF THE BLOCKCHAIN' event > organised by Fiber as part of their Coded Matters Series. > > The desire to uproot the dichotomies of power with a distributed public > ledger should be met with greater consideration and questioning of what > would actually benefit from becoming de-centralized, distributed and > autonomous.If you want to frame the expansion of Blockchain as a political > revolution than I would go one step further to ask what are you fighting > for? Social justice and inequality won’t be solved by any technical > application so if your building applications from the frequently termed > ‘bottom-up’, take greater consideration to ask who it is for and who would > it benefit? > > http://networkcultures.org/moneylab/2016/03/21/promise-of-the-blockchain/ > > Mx > > -- > *Upcoming >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>* > > H.I.T. at Digital Bauhaus Summit <http://www.digitalbauhaussummit.de/> | > 2 - 4 June 2016 > Secret Post Office at Wilderness Festival > <https://www.wildernessfestival.com/> | 4 - 7 August 2016 > Secret Post Office at End of the Road Festival > <http://endoftheroadfestival.com/> | 2 - 4 September 2016 > > www.maxdovey.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- -- Marc Garrett Co-Founder, Co-Director and main editor of Furtherfield. Furtherfield - A living, breathing, thriving network http://www.furtherfield.org - for art, technology and social change since 1996 Furtherfield Gallery & Commons, Finsbury Park, London N4 2NQ T +44(0)208 802 1301/+44(0)208 802 2827 M +44(0)7533676047 www.furtherfield.org <http://www.furtherfield.org>
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