Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
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Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
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Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
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In my draft book “World After Capital” I have a section on the need for increased “Informational Freedom.” There I write:
By design, the Internet does not embody a concept of geographic regions. Most fundamentally, it constitutes a way to connect networks with one another (hence the name “Internet” or network between networks). Since the Internet works at global scale, it follows that any geographic restrictions that exist have been added in, often at great cost.
As well as:
The same additional equipment used by governments to re-impose geographic boundaries on the Internet is also used by ISPs to extract additional economic value from customers, in the process distorting knowledge access. These practices include paid prioritization and zero rating.
Virtual Private Networks (or VPNs) are a way for citizens to circumvent these artificial restrictions imposed by governments and by ISPs. That’s why it is dismaying to now see a movement to ban VPNs around the world. China just got Apple to remove VPN apps from the Chinese App Store. And Russia is banning the use of VPNs altogether starting in November of this year.
If we want to preserve humanity’s ability to connect freely with each other, we need to respond in many different ways. Here are just some ideas that seem important
1. Political action to fight against bans on VPNs, making sure they remain legal in as many countries as possible
2. Making VPNs broadly available through easy to use applications that can find mass market adoption
3. Supporting open phone operating systems, such as UBports, so people can easily run any software they want on their phones
4. Incentivized systems for providing global traffic routing on existing networks (stay tuned for something from Meshlabs)
5. Incentivized systems for wireless mesh networking
By incentivized systems here I mean something akin to the blockchain where contributors (miners) can earn a crypto currency in return for providing infrastructure.
If you know of other projects / initiatives in these areas, I would love to learn about them.
In my draft book “World After Capital” I have a section on the need for increased “Informational Freedom.” There I write:
By design, the Internet does not embody a concept of geographic regions. Most fundamentally, it constitutes a way to connect networks with one another (hence the name “Internet” or network between networks). Since the Internet works at global scale, it follows that any geographic restrictions that exist have been added in, often at great cost.
As well as:
The same additional equipment used by governments to re-impose geographic boundaries on the Internet is also used by ISPs to extract additional economic value from customers, in the process distorting knowledge access. These practices include paid prioritization and zero rating.
Virtual Private Networks (or VPNs) are a way for citizens to circumvent these artificial restrictions imposed by governments and by ISPs. That’s why it is dismaying to now see a movement to ban VPNs around the world. China just got Apple to remove VPN apps from the Chinese App Store. And Russia is banning the use of VPNs altogether starting in November of this year.
If we want to preserve humanity’s ability to connect freely with each other, we need to respond in many different ways. Here are just some ideas that seem important
1. Political action to fight against bans on VPNs, making sure they remain legal in as many countries as possible
2. Making VPNs broadly available through easy to use applications that can find mass market adoption
3. Supporting open phone operating systems, such as UBports, so people can easily run any software they want on their phones
4. Incentivized systems for providing global traffic routing on existing networks (stay tuned for something from Meshlabs)
5. Incentivized systems for wireless mesh networking
By incentivized systems here I mean something akin to the blockchain where contributors (miners) can earn a crypto currency in return for providing infrastructure.
If you know of other projects / initiatives in these areas, I would love to learn about them.
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