TLDR on the talk with @HayatOutahar on blockchain geopolitics and decolonizing cyberspace:
the core tension
– the cypherpunk community has individual sovereignty because of technical privilege. but most people will never be cypherpunks, and they’re the ones who need these tools most. can we transform a culture of resistance into a culture of influence?
– we’ve moved from digital colonialism to cognitive colonialism: AI now stores intimate data (feelings, confessions, private thoughts) giving corporations and governments access to something they never had before. the people who understand this danger aren’t the ones most exposed to it
why blockchain is geopolitics
– cyberspace is the fifth geopolitical domain. like land, sea, air, and space - wars are fought there, territory is claimed, power is projected. states and big tech are already treating it that way. the decentralized community isn’t at the table yet
– the global North uses decentralized infrastructure to understand how to extend dominance. the global South uses it to reduce corruption and build alternatives. same technology, completely different stakes
– what we built is being absorbed: crypto assets are now regulated, stablecoins are bank liquidity infrastructure, CBDCs are state monetary control. institutions are building “private blockchains”, inspired by what we built, stripped of what made it meaningful
what needs to happen
– the decentralized ecosystem needs ambassadors. right now, decisions about the future of cyberspace are made between big tech, states, and banks - without us
– Ethereum as a political laboratory: DAOs already know how to govern, find consensus, manage conflict. that capacity should be turned outward, not just inward
– network states as proof of concept: Liberland, Zuzalu, Ilvermont; each a laboratory for hybrid governance. sovereignty is infrastructural: if you control your infrastructure, you are sovereign
– what’s needed: cross-chain alliances, digital non-dominance charters, and global consultative structures that give the ecosystem a real voice in regulation
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