Ira (Irina Bolychevsky) @shevski@mastodon.social

Dat project Berlin meetup talks being live-streamed here: https://vimeo.com/337090026

https://events.datproject.org/

Discovered Scotland's National Performance Framework last week: http://nationalperformance.gov.scot/ - 10 years of data tracking metrics beyond GDP including income inequality, carbon, pay gap, energy, biodiversity and mental wellbeing 🙌

Some excellent events at Newspeak House London this week!
Come to @citizenbeta on Monday for altas of arguments https://attending.io/events/citizenbeta024 … and @redecentralize gathering on Thursday for project speed dating on #decentralisation and future of digital https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/redecentralize-get-together-tickets-52365395307 #redecentralize #decentralisation

Full Newspeak event calendar: https://www.nwspk.com/events

Some exciting news:
@redecentralize is fundraising to drive a better, fairer, decentralised internet and web! We’ll promote and review #decentralization & #dweb projects, hold events, research & advocate for new systems. Check out our plan & become a patron https://www.patreon.com/redecentralize 🙌

#Redecentralize get together is GO. This is happening people. Monday 29th Oct at Newspeak House, London. Will be awesome. Lightning talks, chats, drinks, party: https://attending.io/events/redecentralize-meetup … "Decentralisation is charging ahead, but where to?"

How solid is Tim’s plan to re-decentralize the web? https://medium.com/@shevski/how-solid-is-tims-plan-to-redecentralize-the-web-b163ba78e835 #redecentralize #decentralization #privacy #solid #personaldata

5+ years of thinking on decentralisation -> a post about:
* There’s more to decentralisation than blockchain
* Decentralisation is a tech tactic and a movement that values agency, privacy, collaboration and choice
* We need to decentralise power by distributing control, knowledge and capability to the network
* Focus on the impact and change we want to see
* An ecosystem of alternatives that work together through open protocols is more compelling than one killer app

https://medium.com/coinmonks/how-decentralised-are-you-a6539eeb27ff

The strength of open protocols means you're not just gambling on one project to succeed - 'why #activitypub is the future' by @Gargron https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/06/why-activitypub-is-the-future/ #redecentralize

There's more to decentralisation than blockchain - we need to decentralise power, by distributing control, knowledge and capability: https://medium.com/@shevski/how-decentralised-are-you-a6539eeb27ff

Some @redecentralize thoughts for the New Socialist: https://newsocialist.org.uk/do-we-really-need-a-statebook/

Day got derailed writing an article about a political thing. Politicians!

Kindle died unexpectedly in the night.
Going on holiday tomorrow. What shall I do?

What are your favourite articles on why centralisation / surveillance capitalism / monopolies are bad? #decentralization #redecentralize