Data Ownership - Re-Public

UBI Is Not a Handout, It's a Proxy For Human Value

A data marketplace could end up looking like Universal Basic Income, and reveal a deeper truth about how humans can coordinate their actions more effectively.

Data Ownership

Finding Opportunities When Everything Breaks

Data protection is not a technical burden that only has moral justification. It's an unexploited opportunity in the market.

Creative Commons

The Future of Data Is Licensing

Data licensing is the only path forward where the world can operate in a way that somewhat aligns with our intuitions.

Data Ownership

What Companies Would Owe You If You Actually Owned Your Data

From the moment you wake up, whenever the following things happen, I want you to tally up the associated dollar amount.

Apple

Apple Is the Best on Privacy, But It's Still Not Close to What We Need

We don't just need privacy, we need a marketplace where we can sell our data ourselves.

Privacy

Privacy Is Just the First Step, the Goal Is Data Ownership

Privacy for privacy sake is a weak argument, and privacy advocates should abandon it.