tldr; Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum’s co-founder, advocates for a ‘sovereign web’ to counter the dominance of Big Tech. He criticizes the current internet ecosystem, which prioritizes corporate profit through data extraction and engagement manipulation, calling it ‘corposlop.’ Buterin urges developers to create privacy-preserving, local-first tools that protect user autonomy and psychological independence. He emphasizes rejecting speculative financial designs and passive AI systems, promoting open technologies that empower users and foster genuine value.
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Cptn_BenjaminWillard on
This is a really thought-provoking and insightful tweet, but how do we, as “powerless” individuals, help realize the goal of a sovereign web?
setokaiba22 on
Somehow he will also make money from it imagine
LetWaltCook on
Not sure how you stop it when they also own the most crypto on top of it.
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tldr; Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum’s co-founder, advocates for a ‘sovereign web’ to counter the dominance of Big Tech. He criticizes the current internet ecosystem, which prioritizes corporate profit through data extraction and engagement manipulation, calling it ‘corposlop.’ Buterin urges developers to create privacy-preserving, local-first tools that protect user autonomy and psychological independence. He emphasizes rejecting speculative financial designs and passive AI systems, promoting open technologies that empower users and foster genuine value.
*This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
This is a really thought-provoking and insightful tweet, but how do we, as “powerless” individuals, help realize the goal of a sovereign web?
Somehow he will also make money from it imagine
Not sure how you stop it when they also own the most crypto on top of it.