Internet 2030

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Crypto Co-ops and Game Theory: Why the Internet Must Learn to Collaborate to Survive
As the internet shifts to the open, decentralized standards of Web 3.0, can we find a balance between competition and cooperation?
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The Standard About to Revolutionize Payments
Changing the standard way financial institutions communicate changes everything.
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How We Short Capitalism – And Finance the Revolution
In the post-capitalist future, human beings will collaborate, communicate and create using the radically decentralized tools.
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A New Era of Media Begins With Tokenization
Substack alone won't save publishing: The future of online content is where "money legos," communities and media meet.
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How Small Business Can Achieve 'Economies of Scale' by 2030
Blockchain tech will allow small businesses to collaborate as never before, reducing the power of big business to dictate terms.
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Me, Myself and My Multiple Avatars
In 2030, there are 20-odd versions of "you" floating around the internet. Can you manage all the personas you created?
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The Currency Cold War: Four Scenarios
Stablecoins. Bitcoin. Libra. China's DCEP. Digital $. By 2030, there could be dozens of competing currencies. How will the money wars play out?
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A New Social Contract for the Digital Age
Veteran futurist Don Tapscott imagines the world in 2030 and finds reasons for optimism in the face of persistent social crisis.
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'We Blew It.' Douglas Rushkoff's Take on the Future of the Web
Douglas Rushkoff is a futurist and early cypherpunk. His early writings on the internet paved the way for thinking about the web in revolutionary terms. What's changed?
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DAOs Will Never Govern the World (at This Pace)
DAOs were meant to fix the broken democratic processes in today's society. They've come up against their own governance roadblocks.
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