Can Privacy Be a Public Good (and Still Survive)?
“Trying to raise money for privacy is like selling umbrellas in a drought. You know the rain’s coming, but no one wants to invest until they’re already soaked.”Last week, a collection of builders, donors, and philosophical troublemakers gathered in a virtual bar known as X Spaces to discuss the noble and bewildering task of funding privacy in a world that keeps confusing it with invisibility. With Gavin Birch (Luminara, Namada), Peter Van Valkenburgh (Coin Center), Ben West (Pretty Good OSINT...
Can Privacy Be a Public Good (and Still Survive)?
“Trying to raise money for privacy is like selling umbrellas in a drought. You know the rain’s coming, but no one wants to invest until they’re already soaked.”Last week, a collection of builders, donors, and philosophical troublemakers gathered in a virtual bar known as X Spaces to discuss the noble and bewildering task of funding privacy in a world that keeps confusing it with invisibility. With Gavin Birch (Luminara, Namada), Peter Van Valkenburgh (Coin Center), Ben West (Pretty Good OSINT...
“Naturally, AI Will Save Us” (Tweeted the Billionaire)
Inspired by real life events: There are business meetings, and then there are Meetings-with-a-capital-M, the kind where bullish CEOs swap trade secrets with state leaders who wear optimism the way magpies wear other people’s jewelery, and princes who measure personal growth in cruise missiles per annum.¹ That, more or less, is the crowd lining up to license, bankroll, and otherwise hitch their fortunes to the latest large-language models. Tech marketing loves to paint itself as a force for un...
“Naturally, AI Will Save Us” (Tweeted the Billionaire)
Inspired by real life events: There are business meetings, and then there are Meetings-with-a-capital-M, the kind where bullish CEOs swap trade secrets with state leaders who wear optimism the way magpies wear other people’s jewelery, and princes who measure personal growth in cruise missiles per annum.¹ That, more or less, is the crowd lining up to license, bankroll, and otherwise hitch their fortunes to the latest large-language models. Tech marketing loves to paint itself as a force for un...
Women in web3 (+Privacy)
Disclaimers:I will skip the intro on explaining how women have been excluded structurally, and sometimes legally from many industries, and no one can argue that women are still a minority in crypto (and tech).Before someone hops into the comments to tell me that tech is ‘gender-neutral,’ it is in theory, but the industry doesn’t operate in a vacuum - it’s shaped by the existing biases and structures of the society.When I talk about women - I mean anyone who identifies as a woman. If you come ...
Women in web3 (+Privacy)
Disclaimers:I will skip the intro on explaining how women have been excluded structurally, and sometimes legally from many industries, and no one can argue that women are still a minority in crypto (and tech).Before someone hops into the comments to tell me that tech is ‘gender-neutral,’ it is in theory, but the industry doesn’t operate in a vacuum - it’s shaped by the existing biases and structures of the society.When I talk about women - I mean anyone who identifies as a woman. If you come ...
