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Coming Together
Stephen Downes, Half an Hour, 2024/10/24

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Where we were apart, we are now together, a dense mesh of possibility.

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Reclaiming sovereignty in the digital age
Disconnect, 2024/10/24

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A writer called Paris Marx argues that cyberlibertarianism must die if there's to be any hope of a better future for the internet. "Instead of solely fighting for digital rights, it's time to expand that focus to digital sovereignty that considers not just privacy and speech, but the political economy of the internet and the rights of people in different countries to carve out their own visions for their digital futures that don't align with a cyberlibertarian approach." I remember arguing for something similar back in the late 90s. For some reason, it didn't take.

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