Could a #blockchain Based Reputation System Prevent a Dystopian Future?
▻https://hackernoon.com/could-a-blockchain-based-reputation-system-prevent-a-dystopian-future-d5
An influencer today, a pauper tomorrow. You shouldn’t take your online reputation for granted. It is only borrowed.Unless you’re Donald Trump or Joan Jett, chances are you actually do give a damn “bout’ your reputation”. We all do. In fact, it’s in our DNA. The very survival of our tribal hunter-gatherer societies relied on reputation. One of the major reasons languages were invented was to enable us to gossip:“See that guy over there? He and another dude were out hunting when this giant sabretooth tiger jumped them and you know what that coward did? Ran away!”A person’s whole life depended back then on what was rumored about them, on whether they were perceived by the others as courageous or rather cowardly. At the same time, it’s the gossip again that paved the way for tribes to cooperate, (...)
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