No Way Out A Networked-Run World: A Brave New Conversation with John Robb | Ep 5
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Feb 6, 2023 AI Snips
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Corporations Are Becoming The Default Social Governors
- Public trust is shifting from governments to corporations; corporations are expected to be more competent and moral.
- Edelman survey shows many people now view corporations as the primary actors for social governance after perceived government failures like COVID.
Leverage Platforms But Expect Platform Capture
- Small operators must leverage platforms but watch for platform capture where the platform replicates and subsumes your feature.
- Robb warns startups can look large via amplification, yet platforms may later roll your feature into their service and undercut you.
Plausible Promises Enable Distributed Network Coordination
- Open, simple plausible promises let distributed networks coordinate innovation and action.
- Robb compares open-source style goals to insurgent networks: a minimal shared promise lets many actors contribute and rapidly iterate counters and fixes.