Re: Josh Hall: Blockchain could reshape our world – and the far right is one step ahead (Guardian)

2018-02-23 Thread Morlock Elloi
After witnessing assorted Bitcoin, blockchain, Ethereum and related meetings, lectures, conferences and such, audiences ranging from people from the street to Ivy League PhDs: - Most informal meetings have pure religious feeling; people smile and listen. The content is irrelevant. Idiocy

Re: Josh Hall: Blockchain could reshape our world – and the far right is one step ahead (Guardian)

2018-02-23 Thread Morlock Elloi
I did a linguistic experiment - replaced word 'Blockchain' with 'mayonnaise' throughout the article, and the amount of sense remained constant (that particular word was sense-neutral.) It's very hard to find actual use for blockchain. This thought experiment provides some help: imagine a

Re: Josh Hall: Blockchain could reshape our world – and the far right is one step ahead (Guardian)

2018-02-23 Thread Patrice Riemens
Yes, I completely agree with Carsten. And as I cannot repeat often enough that I am a mere 'text filterer', which is the primary purpose of nettime (see at bottom) I will repeat again that I do not necessarily agree with other people's text I post, but do so only because I find them

Re: Josh Hall: Blockchain could reshape our world – and the far right is one step ahead (Guardian)

2018-02-23 Thread Carsten Agger
On 23-02-2018 13:11, Patrice Riemens wrote: Original to: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/23/blockchain-reshape-world-far-right-ahead-crypto-technology Blockchain could reshape our world – and the far right is one step ahead Crypto technology is coming to a

Re: Josh Hall: Blockchain could reshape our world – and the far right is one step ahead (Guardian)

2018-02-23 Thread m...@tilmanbaumgaertel.net
Unfortunately Alice Weidel is not on the list of speakers on the website of this conference, as the text claims... -- Diese Nachricht wurde von meinem Android Mobiltelefon mit 1&1 Mail gesendet.Am 23/02/2018, 13:11, Patrice Riemens schrieb: Some connex pbs have caused my post

Josh Hall: Blockchain could reshape our world – and the far right is one step ahead (Guardian)

2018-02-23 Thread Patrice Riemens
Some connex pbs have caused my post to be send unedited. Here's the correct version (fingers X-ed) --- Original to: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/23/blockchain-reshape-world-far-right-ahead-crypto-technology Blockchain could reshape our world – and the far

Josh Hall: (Guardian)

2018-02-23 Thread Patrice Riemens
Original to: Blockchain could reshape our world – and the far right is one step ahead Josh Hall Crypto technology is coming to a crossroads. Those who want to use it to radically redistribute wealth must take urgent action @JoshAJHall Fri 23 Feb 2018 11.04 GMT Last modified on Fri 23 Feb