From c359a06bb7d6e2a721f696e29936eb9424af6703 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Caleb James DeLisle Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 10:07:37 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] United as one, divided by zero --- confirmed/screw_freedom_i_want_empowerment.md | 25 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) create mode 100644 confirmed/screw_freedom_i_want_empowerment.md diff --git a/confirmed/screw_freedom_i_want_empowerment.md b/confirmed/screw_freedom_i_want_empowerment.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..77ddb5d --- /dev/null +++ b/confirmed/screw_freedom_i_want_empowerment.md @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +#infos + +auth-name : Caleb James DeLisle +tag : populist, organization, decentralized + +advance costs : not needed +need room : no +Location : Paris +Can host ppl : maybe + +# Screw Freedom, I want Empowerment + +The difference between Freedom and Empowerment is the difference between the people inside +of the bank and the homeless people out front. Cryptography is not freedom, it locks us out +of data which passes through our own computers. Bitcoin is not freedom, it makes us provide +goods and services to people we don't know and it makes our financial transactions public. +These technologies take away our individuality and our freedom but they also give us a +collective voice. + +United as one, divided by zero. + +CryptPad is the **zero knowledge** (the server cannot see what you type) realtime +collaborative visual editor. Developed in two days of furious hacking, it's still a prototype +but we hope it will begin the development of a toolchain for building unions, startups and +voluntary associations.