Infrastructure Matters

Samer Hassan @sh3v3k

Berkman Center at HarvardUniversidad Complutense de Madrid

Consuming responsibly

Using responsibly

Legal Context

City

State

European Union

Technology is Political

Technical Context

App

Platform

Infrastructure

Web 2.0: Platforms

Web 2.0: Platforms

Web 2.0: Platforms

How bad is it?

Centralization

● For-profit

● Surveillance

● Monopoly

● Centralised Control

● Top-down

● US-centric

● Proprietary Software

● Single Ownership

This was different...

Decentralization

● Privacy

● Anonymity

● Decentralised Control

● Bottom-up

● Diversity

Emerging Alternatives

http://swellrt.org http://teem.works

Remember the Infrastructure!

Thanks!Samer Hassan

@sh3v3k

Berkman Center at HarvardUniversidad Complutense de Madrid

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