2. Summary
• A couple of examples
• Iran
• Arab Spring
• People Powered
• By the people, For the people
• Inspire
• Internet as a tool
• Information is a weapon
• Decentralized by design
• Democratic by extension
3. • A couple of examples
• Iran
• Arab Spring
• People Powered
• By the people, For the people
• Inspire
• Internet as a tool
• Information is a weapon
• Decentralized by design
• Democratic by extension
6. • A couple of examples
• Iran
• Arab Spring
• People Powered
• By the people, For the people
• Inspire
• Internet as a tool
• Information is a weapon
• Decentralized by design
• Democratic by extension
8. • A couple of examples
• Iran
• Arab Spring
• People Powered
• By the people, For the people
• Inspire
• Internet as a tool
• Information is a weapon
• Decentralized by design
• Democratic by extension
9. Information by the people, for the people
• RealTime information
• Uncensored
• Interactive
10. • A couple of examples
• Iran
• Arab Spring
• People Powered
• By the people, For the people
• Inspire
• Internet as a tool
• Information is a weapon
• Decentralized by design
• Democratic by extension
12. • A couple of examples
• Iran
• Arab Spring
• People Powered
• By the people, For the people
• Inspire
• Internet as a tool
• Information is a weapon
• Decentralized by design
• Democratic by extension
13. It’s just a tool
• “Humans co-evolve with their tools”- Jeff BEZOS
• “[The internet] did not cause the uprising. […]When people […] wanted to
do something, they could lay their hands on these tools, in a way they never
could before” – Clay SHIRKY
14. • A couple of examples
• Iran
• Arab Spring
• People Powered
• By the people, For the people
• Inspire
• Internet as a tool
• Information is a weapon
• Decentralized by design
• Democratic by extension
16. • A couple of examples
• Iran
• Arab Spring
• People Powered
• By the people, For the people
• Inspire
• Internet as a tool
• Information is a weapon
• Decentralized by design
• Democratic by extension
17. Decentralized by Design
Democratic by extension
• ARPA net
• Decentralized for reliability and resilience
• Impossible to shutdown support democracy