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Facial recognition is now rampant. The implications for our freedom are chilling
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WhatsApp Security Warning Over '1000GB Of Data' Message
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Five Lessons from Scaling Pinterest
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Runs | Decentralized eCommerce Platform
runs.com is a blockchain-based, decentralized XKU driven eCommerce platform. We are building a truly democratic platform that allows members to decide, create and buy or sell the experiences amongst themselves with platform acting as a facilitator. Blockchain builds digital trust amongst members for transactions.
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Why Employees At Apple And Google Are More Productive
It’s a mix of organization, priorities, trust, and leadership.
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Stowe Boyd> The average company loses more than 25% of its productive power to organizational drag, processes that waste time and prevent people from gettingSee more things done, says Mankins. This often happens as a company grows, as the tendency is to put processes in place to replace judgment. Research published in Harvard Business Review found that organizational drag costs the economy more than
Blockchain: The New Technology of Trust
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The Evolution of Trust
an interactive guide to the game theory of why & how we trust each other
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Luzius MeisserThis is actually an extremely strong argument against globalization and for a decentralized world with many small, closed communities. The more connectedSee more (globalized) you are, the fewer repeated interactions you will experience, and the less likely is trust to evolve. However, if you live in a small community where you meet the same persons again and again, trust can evolve. That's also why people in the country-side usually are more trusting than those in big cities. It also means that a nice and friendly society can break down as it grows, and that opening borders can lead to a collapse of trust.