I was reading an article recently in the Atlantic on how Facebook is an authoritarian state. I disagree. Facebook, or Twitter and their analogs are not states, they’re the new land that allows people to stake claims and create digital nation-states for the future. I’ve written previously on how we’re all two people now- an analog version and a […]
Note: This article was originally written July, 2016. Since then digital currency has matured into an interesting market, but the issues raised about national identity, control of the currency and and arbitrage have not been resolved. In the end, the rise of custom digital currencies has occurred, but not by a large commercial enterprise, but […]
A few weeks ago I got a text from a good friend asking if I’d be willing to assist a client on how they could strike back against a set of hackers who were harassing their corporate sites. I politely declined the invitation but offered to help them with other ideas on deterrence. But the […]
Recently, I wrote a piece on how everyone now consists of two entities, one analog and one digital. However, I think that it’s also important to understand trends in commoditization and monetization that have led to the current use of private information as currency, and the implications of private data in what I call the […]
Many times when I speak at conferences I talk about how each of us is now two people. There is first, the analog version of our self and now, with increasing emphasis and importance, our digital self that is leading more and more of an independent life without us. The Analog Self Every one of […]