Great analysis with naming the names that need to be dropped. Many are unaware what people like Thiel have been up to with the ridiculous valuations with developers and crypto.
You want to hit the US idiot-in-chief and his minions? Forget tech and go directly after the dollar. It has been the standard of the world for too long. It is backed by nothing but promises, which we all know mean nothing to the current administration. Make the Euro the default currency of the world and leave the US dollar in the sewer with the president and Muck. See how long they stay in power, or what little power would be left.
Instead of retaliating against US corporations, Europe could just build their own "Amazon" marketplace and social media platforms, as I saw proposed somewhere. Any news on this? I think it would be cool to show that such infrastructure can be build as public goods.
I agree we need decentralized alternatives to American communication systems (like X and Facebook) but I don’t believe the government should “direct” any of these efforts. That’s a recipe for bloated, expensive, and unsatisfactory products. There are already independent, international movements to decentralize certain technologies, for example freeourfeeds.com which aims to create a fully decentralized version of Bluesky using the open-source AT protocol. Governments could financially support that work, and maybe have some people participate directly at a high level (e.g. protocol design) to ensure the public interest is protected. Also, the decentralized Fediverse (e.g. Mastodon) has some problems but perhaps with funding, its enthusiasts could accomplish more. In other words, governments should by all means financially support decentralization efforts, but should not attempt to do it themselves. They don’t have the capabilities or the culture required for that.
For those high skilled liberal IT workers and government tech workers that just got layed off. Wouldn't it be a shame for the rogue US authoritarian state, if they upped sticks and started building competing tech in "enemy" democracies in Europe, Brazil and Canada? Maybe they would even have CEOs and politicians who share more values with them too
Great analysis with naming the names that need to be dropped. Many are unaware what people like Thiel have been up to with the ridiculous valuations with developers and crypto.
You want to hit the US idiot-in-chief and his minions? Forget tech and go directly after the dollar. It has been the standard of the world for too long. It is backed by nothing but promises, which we all know mean nothing to the current administration. Make the Euro the default currency of the world and leave the US dollar in the sewer with the president and Muck. See how long they stay in power, or what little power would be left.
Instead of retaliating against US corporations, Europe could just build their own "Amazon" marketplace and social media platforms, as I saw proposed somewhere. Any news on this? I think it would be cool to show that such infrastructure can be build as public goods.
I agree we need decentralized alternatives to American communication systems (like X and Facebook) but I don’t believe the government should “direct” any of these efforts. That’s a recipe for bloated, expensive, and unsatisfactory products. There are already independent, international movements to decentralize certain technologies, for example freeourfeeds.com which aims to create a fully decentralized version of Bluesky using the open-source AT protocol. Governments could financially support that work, and maybe have some people participate directly at a high level (e.g. protocol design) to ensure the public interest is protected. Also, the decentralized Fediverse (e.g. Mastodon) has some problems but perhaps with funding, its enthusiasts could accomplish more. In other words, governments should by all means financially support decentralization efforts, but should not attempt to do it themselves. They don’t have the capabilities or the culture required for that.
For those high skilled liberal IT workers and government tech workers that just got layed off. Wouldn't it be a shame for the rogue US authoritarian state, if they upped sticks and started building competing tech in "enemy" democracies in Europe, Brazil and Canada? Maybe they would even have CEOs and politicians who share more values with them too