Re: <nettime> Francesca Bria: Our data is valuable. Here's how we can take that value back

[Morlock Elloi <morlockelloi@gmail.com>]

The first big lie is that somehow inferring hidden patterns among the 
citizenry (other than "people tend to be more awake during daytime") 
will offer significant "savings" in "data-driven services" (whatever 
that means.) I won't even get into the "because blockchain" bulls*it. 
Just put more sensors, trackers and cameras everywhere, and decree that 
they are "based on a logic of solidarity".

This is sugar-coating surveillance capitalism, which is supposed to be 
so much better when the government ("people") runs it. This is the old 
"we need our own Google" European swindle. They didn't even bother to 
customize the slogans.

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It would be interesting to see how would these solidarity-based 
algorithms help "public transportation, housing, health and education".

I guess Barcelona citizens, at town hall meetings, collectively write 
the code (Python?) on the big screen and agree on ifs, elses, whiles and 
returns (this is how the laws are written.) The decision criteria for 
building hospitals, roads and schools is all there, openly and 
collectively decided on, right? They will not trust some anonymous 
politicians, architects, coders, project managers and CEOs, employed by 
shady contractors, to decide on this important logic? From then on, the 
citizens can relax, because there is the Algorithm, signed by 
multi-party signature scheme.

Then each household is given a regulation-size GPU, and runs a full 
Blockchain node, to prevent crooks (politicians and NGOs) from modifying 
anything in the execution of the Algorithm. The police regularly 
inspects GPUs to see if someone upgraded to illegal speed.


> This common data
> infrastructure will remain open to local companies, co-ops and social
> organizations that can build data-driven services and create long-term
> public value.

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