Woman dies during a ransomware attack on a German hospital

Re:Woman dies during a ransomware attack on a German hospital by mormegil on Friday September 18, 2020 @04:44PM (#24521721)

Scott Alexander:

> The latest development in the brave new post-Bitcoin world is crypto-equity. At this point I’ve gone from wanting to praise these inventors as bold libertarian heroes to wanting to drag them in front of a blackboard and making them write a hundred times “I WILL NOT CALL UP THAT WHICH I CANNOT PUT DOWN”

https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/

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Re:Woman dies during a ransomware attack on a German hospital by Hermel on Friday September 18, 2020 @05:10PM (#24521908)

Thanks for the link. Very interesting.

Fortunately, Scott is wrong on this. Crypto does not only subvert old forms of coordination, it also allows new forms of coordination. Whether this will is a net win remains to be seen.

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