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In the news | WIRED
The Web3 Decentralization Debate Is Focused on the Wrong Question
WEB3 ADVOCATES PROMISE decentralization on an unprecedented scale. Excessive centralization can stymie coordination and erode freedom, democracy, and economic dynamism—decentralization is supposed to be the remedy. But the term on its own is too vague to be a coherent end…
In the news | CoinDesk
After DeFi, DeSoc: Finding Web 3’s Soul
By using Web 3’s building blocks to represent social identity, the ecosystem can overcome its current limitations and bring about a decentralized society. Web 3 has stunned the world by forging a parallel system of finance of unprecedented flexibility and…
In the news | Arabian Business
The metaverse will strengthen relationships, empower people, and help tackle global crises: experts
With the metaverse becoming more of a reality every day, the opportunities presented by that digital world have become the key focus among multinational corporates and the public sector alike as both entities look to manage the space while regulating…
In the news | Boston Review
Can Big Tech Serve Democracy?
Two new books about technology and the fate of democracy begin by describing the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. They are right to see that fateful day as a turning point and a benchmark for debates…
In the news | CoinDesk
Ethereum’s New Radical: Glen Weyl Isn’t Vitalik But He’s Its Next Best Hope
Dr. Glen Weyl speaks with the calm of a man who has history on the mind. With an unbroken gaze and an unambiguous delivery, the author, economist and Microsoft researcher calmly espouses a clear and revolutionary vision: that the world’s…
In the news | WIRED
This economist wants to abolish private property using blockchain
Some months ago, Glen Weyl – a principal researcher at Microsoft Research with a liking for nineteenth-century political economics – noticed that someone had been tweeting about him. A guy called Vitalik Buterin had posted something on Weyl’s proposal for…