A short flash fiction piece about blockchain:
There was someone like this every few months, it seemed. They couldn’t just get on with it. They had to break the pattern somehow; fight the algorithm, as if we weren’t all working for ourselves now. They didn’t seem to get it. This was a new kind of freedom: no bosses, no corporate structure. Just mining for coin through good, hard work.
"By making the news and truth contingent on advertising budgets we’ve created an environment where any narrative can win, as long as the storyteller is willing to pay. If we allow these conditions to continue, we will leave behind the voices that truly matter."
The future of the web depends on simple, open standards.
"History shows us that all progress comes from the meeting of diverse people, with different ideas, and different backgrounds." The web is no different.
What comes after the AI hype cycle; new community platforms; and more.