Benignly democratic terms like "open source" and "transparency" — still in ubiquitous use around Silicon Valley — have become outmoded distractions from the source of the tech giants' phenomenal growth, which is data-mining and its monetization.
I am all for open source, and transparency, and see AI as a transformative technology with a positive impact.
Perhaps what the Einhorn crew are really selling is a business model founded on open-source information and transparency.
It's important to note here that projects launching via tokens on the blockchain encourage decentralization, open-source development and transparency.
The shift of audiences toward cable news outlets — with their manifest agendas — as sources of truth and transparency may have something to do with a credibility gap that now confronts more mainstream news outfits.
Specifically it reckons blockchain technology could play a role by, for instance, being combined with the use of "trustworthy electronic identification, authentication and verified pseudonyms" to preserve the integrity of content and validate "information and/or its sources, enable transparency and traceability, and promote trust in news displayed on the Internet".
Oppenheimer said, "We believe this presentation is a logical grouping of revenue sources and provides greater transparency into our results".
But finally, with Systrom, we've found someone seemingly resistant to the sickness of pride, and hopefully he can inoculate others so they cite their sources and practice the transparency so many preach.
The Davis Polk document, well written and with clear footnotes to its sources, provides transparency and style, a great improvement over most pro-megabank writing that I have reviewed here over the years.
We plan to utilize global and innovative experiences in creating a movement based on wide participatory practices, deliberation, self-organization, crowd sourcing solutions, continuing education and transparency.
