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Reminded me of this Jaron Lanier quote from "Sway" podcast:

"I believe Facebook is undervalued for what it does. Because Facebook is essentially running identity for the internet, which is a very valuable function. So under a data dignity regime, I think Facebook would double or triple in value very quickly."

I do think that digital identity is going to be an existential(pun intended) question. Ideally it would be managed by a competent government agency. That's likely in many countries. I doubt that it'll be the case in the USA.



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