Johann Gevers on the Four Pillars of a Decentralized Society

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TedXZug Video presentation via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oeiOeDq_Nc&feature=share


Description

Anarcho-capitalist vision of the distributed society ?

Notes from Jean Lievens:

"People-based trust systems don’t scale beyond Dunbar’s number Technology-based trust systems scale virtually without limit

The technology of trust

a new era in human social revolution

= First technology: printing press - whole series communication technologies; latest being internet & bitcoin

The Technology of trust:

  • Decentralized – no need to trust third parties
  • Highly secure and private
  • Instant, global payments and trade
  • Easy to use, virtually free

Coercive monopolists become competing service providers: customers win

This will lead to a radical transformation of:

- Financial systems

- Communications systems

- Production systems

- Governments and legal systems

And: explosion of wealth creation

A new vision for a new future:

A decentralized, networked society where people once again have the power in their own hands to live lives of their own choosing in peace, freedom and prosperity

A new generation of visionary entrepreneurs is building society 3.0




Discussion

The Four Pillars

"1. Decentralized communications:

2 essential components:

- The internet & p2p decentralized technology

- Cryptography (to avoid surveillance & censorship by centralized authorities)


2. Decentralized Law

(First communicate what we want to do, then come to agreement on how to cooperate, therefore need of decentralized law)

3 essential components:

- Choice of law

- Choice of judicator

- Choice of enforcer


3. Decentralized Production

2 essential components:

- Decentralized materials production (3D printing)

- Decentralized energy production

(Small scale production at home without censorship)


4. Decentralized Finance

2 essential components:

- Decentralized currency (Bitcoin)

- Decentralized contracting systems (offer complete universal transaction platform) "