Why isn't it seen as a sound business plan to honestly and transparently meet everyone's concerns and fundraise among anyone who likes the idea?
On Thu, Jun 18, 2020, 12:09 PM Yosem Companys <[email protected]> wrote: > Silicon Valley's typical startup model as codified in Peter Thiel's From > Zero to One is to become as large a monopoly as possible as quickly as > possible. Mainstream founders and investors like this model because it > enables them to maximize the return on their sweat equity and capital > investment. By extension, founders and investors tend to eschew privacy, > security, free speech, and other values about which we care because there > are no templates for their ready adoption that will provide a clear benefit > at minimal cost. Consumers and users on the whole care about such values, > however, so founders and investors tend to pay at best symbolic lip service > to these values in an attempt to monetize them. > > As a result, Liberationtech startups tend to attract only niche founders > and investors who are willing to compromise on profit maximization to > advance the public good. Because Liberationtech startups try to advance the > public good, they also tend not to pursue monopoly status. For these > reasons, Liberationtech startups tend to raise less money, leaving them > with less capital to invest in sales and marketing, meaning fewer consumers > and users and thus slower growth, in turn leaving them in a weaker position > vis-a-vis their non-Liberationtech Silicon Valley competitors on the way to > monopoly status. > > This is a wicked problem, one that by definition is difficult or > impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing > requirements that are often difficult to recognize. > > [image: upload image] > Yosem Companys > President and CEO > Techlantis > M: (650) 796-1205 > A: 2225 East Bayshore Road, Suite 200, Palo Alto, CA 94303 > W: www.techlantis.com > <https://links99.mixmaxusercontent.com/5e196044087550002eab97f3/l/yAzp8UZ5MtJiIjmEI?messageId=74pMI33LV6BnhtNQE&rn=&re=IyZy9mLoNWZ052bpRXYyVmYpxmLzR3cpxGQ0xmI&sc=false> > E: [email protected] > <https://links96.mixmaxusercontent.com/5e196044087550002eab97f3/l/6MNPQevqnENBiuCms?messageId=74pMI33LV6BnhtNQE&rn=&re=IyZy9mLoNWZ052bpRXYyVmYpxmLzR3cpxGQ0xmI&sc=false> > [image: facebook] > <https://links91.mixmaxusercontent.com/5e196044087550002eab97f3/l/mJqNagrTejsZMNKJk?messageId=74pMI33LV6BnhtNQE&rn=&re=IyZy9mLoNWZ052bpRXYyVmYpxmLzR3cpxGQ0xmI&sc=false>[image: > twitter] > <https://links92.mixmaxusercontent.com/5e196044087550002eab97f3/l/zMDrvIcqwiRGeukhA?messageId=74pMI33LV6BnhtNQE&rn=&re=IyZy9mLoNWZ052bpRXYyVmYpxmLzR3cpxGQ0xmI&sc=false>[image: > linkedin] > <https://links96.mixmaxusercontent.com/5e196044087550002eab97f3/l/0ZhK0ThPpDzSKh84r?messageId=74pMI33LV6BnhtNQE&rn=&re=IyZy9mLoNWZ052bpRXYyVmYpxmLzR3cpxGQ0xmI&sc=false>[image: > instagram] > <https://links95.mixmaxusercontent.com/5e196044087550002eab97f3/l/EL0XsMsX6zR8m4LzI?messageId=74pMI33LV6BnhtNQE&rn=&re=IyZy9mLoNWZ052bpRXYyVmYpxmLzR3cpxGQ0xmI&sc=false> > > To schedule an appointment with me, please visit > https://calendly.com/yosem > <https://links92.mixmaxusercontent.com/5e196044087550002eab97f3/l/84ozQy1594zDe8kHp?messageId=74pMI33LV6BnhtNQE&rn=&re=IyZy9mLoNWZ052bpRXYyVmYpxmLzR3cpxGQ0xmI&sc=false> > . > > > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 11:43 AM, David Stodolsky [email protected] > wrote: > >> >> >> > On 15 Jun 2020, at 17:04, Klein, Hans K <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > Again, the key questions are: >> >> > - Is it possible to coordinate/control information dissemination? If >> so, how? >> >> > - Is that actually occurring? >> >> >> The major platforms are all censoring. FaceBook is probably the worst of >> these. It also is promoting violence via its engagement algorithms. Twitter >> is probably the best of them now. >> >> >> There are independent media like The Intercept, Democracy Now, Pacifica >> Radio, etc. >> >> >> Podcasts offer direct info from educational institutions, political >> groups, musicians, etc. >> >> >> Self-hosting is likely the future, but it doesn’t have much reach yet: >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse >> >> >> >> There are mesh networking initiatives that also want to free transmission >> from the Internet, etc.: >> >> >> Anadiotis, G. (2018 October 25). Manyverse and Scuttlebutt: A >> human-centric technology stack for social applications. ZD-Net >> >> >> https://www.zdnet.com/article/manyverse-and-scuttlebutt-a-human-centric-technology-stack-for-social-applications/ >> >> >> Siri, S. (2020). Democracy in the Age of Cryptography. Unchained, Ep.159. >> >> https://unchainedpodcast.com/democracy-in-the-age-of-cryptography/ >> >> >> Staltz, A. (2017, 18 Dec.). A plan to rescue the web from the internet. >> >> https://staltz.com/a-plan-to-rescue-the-web-from-the-internet.html >> >> >> Staltz, A. (2018, 4/19). Scuttlebutt, a decentralized social platform. In >> the Mesh. >> >> https://www.inthemesh.com/archive/secure-scuttlebutt-facebook-alternative/ >> >> >> >> >> However, none of these alternatives have been widely enough adopted to >> challenge the big players. Most big players are able to provide “free” >> access, due to making losses at the start and then becoming monopoly >> players attracting advertisers. Some kind of crypto-currency financing is >> necessary for independent media to compete. This example does it for the >> transmission costs: >> >> >> >> https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/lets-talk-bitcoin-438-bootstrapping-mobile-mesh-networks-with-bitcoin-lightning >> >> >> There are a number of crypto-payments to publisher schemes. >> >> >> >> dss >> >> >> >> David Stodolsky, PhD Institute for Social Informatics >> >> Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark >> >> [email protected] Tel./Signal: +45 3095 4070 >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major >> commercial search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you >> moderated: https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/lt. Unsubscribe, >> change to digest mode, or change password by emailing >> [email protected]. >> > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major > commercial search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you > moderated: https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/lt. 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