Connected Thinking: On History, Technology, and the Art of Seeing What’s Coming
Why the seeds of the next civilization are already growing, and how to unveil them with Connected Thinking. By George Anadiotis What if the chaos around us isn’t collapse, but transformation? Michel Bauwens has spent decades mapping the edges of change. From peer-to-peer networks to the commons, from medieval guilds to distributed autonomous organizations, he’s […]
Read More →Breaking up Facebook? Try data literacy, social engineering, personal knowledge graphs, and developer advocacy
Yes, Facebook is a data-driven monopoly. But the only real way to break it up is by getting hold of its data and functionality, one piece at a time. It will take a combination of tech, data, and social engineering to get there. And graphs — personal knowledge graphs.
Read More →A better blockchain: Bitcoin for nothing and transactions for free?
Imagine a blockchain-like protocol that promises to remove what is seen as the two biggest deficiencies in blockchain: inefficient mining and soaring transaction fees. IOTA is working on a fix.
Read More →Error – data not found: Precarious data and architectures of the future
Can data from organizations as prominent as NASA vanish into thin air? A grass-roots initiative lead by scientists and researchers believes it just might, and is doing everything in its power to prevent this.
Read More →Personal Data from the Source: How and Why Consumers and Marketers Can Connect
We saw in the previous posts a couple of examples of online marketing gone wrong. The common thread for these examples, and others like them, is the desire marketers have to reach out to new audiences – which is perfectly normal. But in many cases what they are doing is using a new medium – […]
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