medium.com
Decentralized and trustless? Crypto-paradise is actually a medieval hellhole
13+ min · · Blockchain is not only crappy technology but a bad vision for the future. Its failure to achieve adoption to date is because systems built… · Shared by 301, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Chris Messina, Mike Butcher, ashley 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦, Tris Hussey, Joona Tuunanen 🇫🇮, Glyn Britton, cackles (jeff weisbein), Pieter van Diggele, Jonas Bandi, Daniel @daddel@mstdn.social, Josh Elman, Bertrand Maltaverne, Thomas Power, Bjorn Larsen, Rand Fishkin, Björn Ognibeni, kp, Alain, Gerd Leonhard
wired.com
There's No Good Reason to Trust Blockchain Technology
Summary · 8 min · · Are blockchain currencies the future of money or just a temporary hype? Cryptographer and computer security expert Bruce Schneier believes the latter is the case. In fact, he questions the validity of what bitcoin advocates have long seen as the cryptocurrency’s winning asset: that it makes trust superfluous. Investors and technology professionals will find Schneier’s intelligent and well-argued opinion piece thought-provoking. · Shared by 231, including getAbstract, 瑞拿頭, Backchannel, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Johannes Lenz, Charles Baldwin, Gerd Leonhard, Oliver Reichenstein, Thomas Byttebier, Michael Seemann, Bjorn Larsen, fernand0, Thomas Knüwer, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Tauno, ...und meine Frau ist auch Elon Musk!, Bertrand Maltaverne
Fast Company
The new digital divide is between people who opt out of algorithms and people who don’t
4 min · · Here are three ways to take control of the algorithms in your life. · Shared by 112, including 瑞拿頭, Niklaus Gerber, Bertrand Maltaverne, Ines Bieler, Thomas Power, Ste Davies, luis antónio santos, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Paolo Sinelli, Klaus Eck, Bernhard Huessy, Yves Mulkers, Chris Messina, Cindy Krum 📱
Harvard Business Review
The Trust Crisis
20+ min · · Facebook, Boeing, and too many other firms are losing the public’s faith. Can they regain it? · Shared by 86, including Jonathan Kogan, Krishna, Katja Evertz, Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, Ian M Calvert, Bertrand Maltaverne, Howard Getson, Antonio Vieira Santos, Klaus Eck, Clemens M. Schuster
Harvard Business Review
The 3 Elements of Trust
4 min · · And which one is most important for leaders. · Shared by 72, including Amber Mac, Bertrand Maltaverne, Kelly Hungerford, Wilko S. Wolters, ⭐️Danielle Guzman ⭐️, Antonio Vieira Santos, Klaus Eck, Oscar MacDonald, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA
Harvard Business Review
Building the AI-Powered Organization
19+ min · · Technology isn’t the biggest challenge. Culture is. · Shared by 65, including Cyril Coste #DigitalTransformation, Philippe Gauvin, Bertrand Maltaverne, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Damir Kusar, Linda Grasso, Bill Johnston, Howard Getson, James Gingerich #B2B #Technology #Influencer, Giuliano Liguori, Antonio Grasso
anildash.com
Can You Trust A Company In 2019?
5 min · · Being trusted is a huge advantage for any company that can pull it off. But is it even possible for people to trust a tech company right now?Union Square Ventures is one of the best-known and most… · Shared by 48, including MrChad 🔮, Bertrand Maltaverne, Kat, #MuskOut (not parody), Dominik Grolimund
MIT Technology Review
Blockchain’s real promise: Automating trust
6 min · · Combining the distributed ledger with other technologies such as artificial intelligence cuts costs and makes supply chains traceable. · Shared by 34, including Ward Plunet, Francesco Forconi, Bertrand Maltaverne
Forbes
Debunking The Myths And Reality Of Artificial Intelligence
15+ min · · In this article, we debunk key AI myths and misunderstandings that are distracting organizations and derailing many AI initiatives. We recommend practical solutions to accelerate AI adoption with… · Shared by 31, including Phrasee, Sarah-Jayne Gratton, Thomas Power, Klaus Eck, Bertrand Maltaverne, Dean Anthony Gratton, Jonathan Kogan
thetrustproject.org
News with integrity
3 min · · The Trust Project, a consortium of top news companies led by award-winning journalist Sally Lehrman, is developing transparency standards that help you easily assess the quality and credibility of… · Shared by 20, including Poder360, Oscar MacDonald, Roland Wyss-Aerni 😷, Bertrand Maltaverne
strategy+business
Automating trust with new technologies
5 min · · Blockchain, IoT, and AI offer companies new ways to track, secure, and verify their assets. · Shared by 18, including Strategy&, Jonathan Kogan, Bertrand Maltaverne
TED Talks
We've stopped trusting institutions and started trusting strangers
· Something profound is changing our concept of trust, says Rachel Botsman. While we used to place our trust in institutions like governments and banks, today we increasingly rely on others, often strangers, on platforms like Airbnb and Uber and through technologies like the blockchain. This new era of trust could bring with it a more transparent, inclusive and accountable society -- if we get it right. Who do you trust? · Shared by 18, including The Edtech Podcast, Bertrand Maltaverne
CNBC
Fake news is real — A.I. is going to make it much worse
7 min · · Advancements in AI and machine learning are rapidly paving the way for "deepfake" videos, content that falsely shows people saying and doing things they never said or did. These fakes are becoming so… · Shared by 11, including Bertrand Maltaverne
World Economic Forum
Trust links up supply chains. How do you establish it in the digital era?
3 min · · A Global Trade Identity (GTID) system means supply chain actors can be sure of who they are digitally transacting with, without third-party help. · Shared by 8, including Bertrand Maltaverne
usv.com
Trusted Brands | Union Square Ventures
· Zach Goldstein, Dani Grant, Nick Grossman and Naomi Shah “ We recently held our annual CEO summit where 65 of our portfolio company CEOs came together in NYC. Because we had updated our thesis since… · Shared by 8, including Sachin Rekhi, Bertrand Maltaverne
World Economic Forum
Trust is at breaking point. It’s time to rebuild it
6 min · · The unintended consequence of digital technologies is that our communicating skills have evolved faster than our listening skills · Shared by 8, including Bertrand Maltaverne