Re: [projectvrm] Blockchains and eyeballs

[Don Marti < >]

Another POV on Bitcoin...
  Why I want Bitcoin to die in a fire
  By Charlie Stross
  
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2013/12/why-i-want-bitcoin-to-die-in-a.html
(Stross is the pioneer of economic science fiction --
only SF author I know with a Paul Krugman cover blurb.
His politics are closer to Krugman's than to conventional
disrupt-the-state techie anarchocapitalism)

  Bitcoin violates Gresham's law: Stolen electricity
  will drive out honest mining. (So the greatest
  benefits accrue to the most ruthless criminals.)

If we apply the current licensing and liability
regime for ICT to "Internet of Things" products,
the end result is "free hosting for criminals, paid
for by everyone who buys a device"

On the subject of ads on "sensitive" subjects...

  Online advertisements that target users based on
  their web browsing habits and other personal
  information have a negative impact on the person’s
  intent to purchase the product, a new study
  concludes. 

  ...

  She's heard from students who have told her they
  won't go on Facebook in front of others due to
  concern about embarrassing targeted ads. 

  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150408171201.htm

begin Dean Landsman quotation of Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 10:45:06PM -0400:
> 
> +1, Judy.
> 
> On 4/17/2015 9:42 PM, Identity Coach wrote:
> >http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/04/16/bitcoin-is-the-worlds-most-dangerous-idea/
> >*Bitcoin Is The World's Most Dangerous Idea*
> >
> >Fascinating article. Loved this part (italics are mine):
> >>
> >>The possibilities are endless. At the moment we are only scratching the
> >>surface of what alternate realities blockchain might enable. Just think
> >>of all the virtual realities that the blockchain can support: Minecraft,
> >>the massive multiplayer online game EVE Online, just to name a few. And
> >>what about Oculus Rift 
> >><https://bitcoinmagazine.com/19832/converging-virtual-reality-blockchain-technology>?
> >>Last year Mark Zuckerberg acquired the company for $2 billion. During
> >>his keynote session at the F8 conference he showed the above picture
> >>that summarises his vision for Facebook neatly.
> >>
> >>/Facebook moves from simple text messages to realtime virtual reality
> >>experiences. In the near future billions of people will communicate,
> >>interact, play and trade with each other in the virtual reality that
> >>Facebook displays on their eyeballs./
> >>
> >>The blockchain might be the ultimate protocol to support this kind of
> >>global digital nation. With bitcoin blockchain there are no borders or
> >>limits. Blockchain cracks Pandora’s Box. It’s a rabbit hole inside of a
> >>rabbit hole inside of a rabbit hole…
> >>
> >
> >(I noted in my Twitter stream that FB apparently showed ad(s) for funeral
> >home(s) to cancer patient(s). Good one.)
> >
> >The thing is that if we wanted to do P2P connections that facilitate
> >"dialogs" with our vendors, doctors (while they still exist), and others,
> >we could use a blockchain. No?
> >
> >  j.
> >
> 

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Don Marti                    
http://zgp.org/~dmarti/