United as one, divided by zero

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+#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.