Kenya suspends Worldcoin crypto over privacy concerns
“Kenya on Wednesday suspended the Worldcoin crypto project that relies on an eye scan to verify a user’s identity, citing concerns about data protection.”
“The project, according to its founders, aims to solve one of the main challenges facing the crypto industry that largely relies on pseudonyms to operate, leaving it vulnerable to spam bots and scams.”
— Real doompill?
95%, whether left, right, libertarian, authoritarian — near everyone, deep down, believe that Altman is right.
Spam and scams, they believe, are fundamentally unsolvable without ultimately linking everything real-world identity.
Everyone will argue over who exactly should have access to this identity info, but almost no one, deep down believing there could be a feasible solution where the answer is “no one at all”.
Given this widespread belief, Eyeball scanning AI dystopia, CBDCs, much worse, may all just be a matter of time.
So let’s skip straight to the heart of it.
Is Altman right, that linking your real-world identity to every digital thing you ever do, the only way to avoid the digital world being overrun with spam and scams?
“Kenya on Wednesday suspended the Worldcoin crypto project that relies on an eye scan to verify a user’s identity, citing concerns about data protection.”
“The project, according to its founders, aims to solve one of the main challenges facing the crypto industry that largely relies on pseudonyms to operate, leaving it vulnerable to spam bots and scams.”
— Real doompill?
95%, whether left, right, libertarian, authoritarian — near everyone, deep down, believe that Altman is right.
Spam and scams, they believe, are fundamentally unsolvable without ultimately linking everything real-world identity.
Everyone will argue over who exactly should have access to this identity info, but almost no one, deep down believing there could be a feasible solution where the answer is “no one at all”.
Given this widespread belief, Eyeball scanning AI dystopia, CBDCs, much worse, may all just be a matter of time.
So let’s skip straight to the heart of it.
Is Altman right, that linking your real-world identity to every digital thing you ever do, the only way to avoid the digital world being overrun with spam and scams?
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Sam Altman, 2014: Anonymity breeds meanness
“Anonymity breeds meanness--the Internet has proven this time and time again. People are willing to say nice or neutral things with their name attached--they need anonymity for mean things and things they are embarrassed about. In fact, the closer to real identity internet forums get, the less they seem to decay. Anonymous social networks have been (thus far, anyway) in the category of services that get worse as they get bigger--unlike services like Facebook or Twitter that get better as they get bigger.”
2014 Blog Post
“Anonymity breeds meanness--the Internet has proven this time and time again. People are willing to say nice or neutral things with their name attached--they need anonymity for mean things and things they are embarrassed about. In fact, the closer to real identity internet forums get, the less they seem to decay. Anonymous social networks have been (thus far, anyway) in the category of services that get worse as they get bigger--unlike services like Facebook or Twitter that get better as they get bigger.”
2014 Blog Post
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Is Altman right?
Is linking real-world identity to every digital thing everyone does, ultimately the only way to prevent the digital world from being overrun with spam and scams? Can spam and scams be solved in a totally anonymous digital world?
Is linking real-world identity to every digital thing everyone does, ultimately the only way to prevent the digital world from being overrun with spam and scams? Can spam and scams be solved in a totally anonymous digital world?
Anonymous Poll
6%
Yes, real-world identity is the only way to stop digital spam and scams, and I can prove it.
5%
Yes, real-world identity is the only way to stop digital spam and scams, but I can’t prove it.
40%
No, real-world identity not is the only way to stop digital spam and scams, and I can prove it.
26%
No, real-world identity not is the only way to stop digital spam and scams, and I can’t prove it.
22%
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Truth vs Values:
Is Altman right? Is linking real-world identity to every digital thing everyone does, ultimately the only way to prevent the digital world from being overrun with spam and scams? Is that a good thing?
Is Altman right? Is linking real-world identity to every digital thing everyone does, ultimately the only way to prevent the digital world from being overrun with spam and scams? Is that a good thing?
Anonymous Poll
4%
YES he’s right that requiring real-identity is ultimately the only way, and it’s GOOD he’s right
7%
YES he’s right that requiring real-identity is ultimately the only way, but it’s BAD he’s right.
38%
NO he’s wrong that requiring real-identity is ultimately the only way, but it’s GOOD he’s wrong.
27%
NO he’s wrong that requiring real-identity is ultimately the only way, and it’s BAD he’s wrong.
24%
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