Episode 37: User Sovereignty and Decentralization, The Sequel

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman continue their conversation with Dave Huseby, Hyperledger's Security Maven, about user sovereignty and decentralization, open source culture, cryptography, respectful technology, and more. For more about Dave's projects, keep an eye on: https://vi.rs https://virs-group.slack.com https://medium.com/@dwh_3562 Show notes: 00:01:27 The importance of individual sovereignty, autonomy, independence, liberty etc. 00:03:50 Linus doesn't take s#!t off of anybody... 00:06:15 The legislative power shifts 00:11:30 Wizards vs Moguls vs Geeks, who leads the way?! 00:15:03 "Garage Engineering", it's a thing... 00:20:00 Dave's take on passion vs. paycheck 00:21:41 Passion projects 00:31:03 Challenging the power structure, divorcing traffic from it's originators and recipients 00:33:21 Going into cryptography 00:36:54 Social rituals that Facebook has totally F'd up 00:41:32 "Second Life" 'nuff said... 00:43:30 So what are we going to do with that information??? 00:46:49 Dave's new project and stepping out of the shadows 00:54:10 The motto is "Respectful Technology" 00:56:20 What is the harm in non-user sovereign systems (01:06:46 The Jocks vs Nerds paradigm) 01:07:25 The "Earn-it" actSpecial Guest: Dave Huseby.