Tell HN: We have a responsibility to speak out against blockchain technologies

Re:Tell HN: We have a responsibility to speak out against bl... by ajkdhcb2 on Friday January 28, 2022 @04:54PM (#30120900)

I disagree with your assumptions. There are many conflicting views, and to me it is an objective fact that barely anyone really understands the technology and what its ramifications will be. Morality and development is a very tricky thing. As an analogy, all of AI tech to me is leading toward a horrific future, but I don't see how anyone can stop that and Chinese autonomous military drones, mass surveillance etc; there was no way that early developers can predict how their tech will be used

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Re:Tell HN: We have a responsibility to speak out against bl... by ctvo on Friday January 28, 2022 @05:00PM (#30120990)

> There are many conflicting views, and to me it is an objective fact that barely anyone really understands the technology and what its ramifications will be.

This isn't a new paper on quantum computing. Many of us understand the technology quite well.

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Re:Tell HN: We have a responsibility to speak out against bl... by lostmsu on Friday January 28, 2022 @05:07PM (#30121092)

Technology maybe, but what about ramifications?

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Re:Tell HN: We have a responsibility to speak out against bl... by rapind on Friday January 28, 2022 @05:14PM (#30121168)

How can anyone answer such a massive question honestly. What are the ramifications of any socially entwined technology?

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