Too Long; Didn't Read
As the proverbial hits the fan about “<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/f369e670-2ac3-11e8-9b4b-bc4b9f08f381" target="_blank">Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare mindfuck tool</a>,” the lessons we’re learning about humanity’s evolution are great news — if you’re willing to look at the bigger picture. In order to explain what I mean by this, I’m first going to have to spend a few minutes laying out what’s missing from most of the reporting of the <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/facebook" target="_blank">Facebook</a> scandal, how society (and specifically democracy) works, how our collective intelligence is evolving and why the emergence of <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/blockchain" target="_blank">blockchain</a> technologies is perfect timing. Finally, I’ll lay out what — specifically — we can learn about data ownership, data usage and the functioning of a blockchain-driven society.