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Re:Ask HN: What's the next big thing that few people are tal... by bmitc on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @03:25PM (#32402850)
Decentralization has never worked in the history of mankind. I don't know why people continue to get hyped up about decentralization topics.
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Re:Ask HN: What's the next big thing that few people are tal... by stocknoob on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @05:20PM (#32404480)
The internet?
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Re:Ask HN: What's the next big thing that few people are tal... by bmitc on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @11:28PM (#32407585)
It was created as a decentralized network, but is it now? It may be in some technical sense, but for all practical purposes, it's collectively centralized.

One interesting documentary on this topic is Adam Curtis' All Watched Over by Machines of Every Loving Grace.

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