From dfa268200c8bf5a34497f49fbe106f774b7a4738 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christopher Lemmer Webber Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 16:58:23 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add section on going back to centralization --- README.org | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.org b/README.org index 0f5d2c7..9f69e3c 100644 --- a/README.org +++ b/README.org @@ -613,6 +613,21 @@ We need to do better. *** Going back to centralization +After reading all this, one might be tempted to feel like the +situation is hopeless. +Perhaps we ought to just put power back in the hand of central +authorities and hope for the best. +We will read it to our readers to look back at the problematic +power structures that probably lead them to examine distributed +social networks in the first place to see why this won't work. +But at the very least, companies don't have a good history of +standing up for human rights; if the choice is between doing +business in a country or not violating its citizens' rights, +most companies will seek to maximize value for their shareholders. + +But don't give up hope! +There is a way out of this mess, after all. + ** A way forward: networks of consent ** Must we boil the ocean?