flynn23 wrote:
When you're shifting wealth by monetizing other people contributing content without them receiving any of the value chain, that's just slavery. And I think Lanier is saying it's not just economic slavery, but intellectual slavery as well.

I also don't agree that reputation systems are the answer to this problem in totality.

In order to spread money through the value chain you have to have some way to measure value - thats what reputation systems measure.

But reputation doesn't care about well being. So I might have a great and trusted brand for spewing obnoxious shit that people are somehow compelled to consume. It does very little to find equilibrium between obnoxious shit and something wholesome.

Neither does money. I don't have a solution for the problem of bad taste.

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