"Hashgraph is an alternative to blockchain — a first generation tech with severe constraints in terms of speed, fairness, cost, and security," explained Mance Harmon, Co-founder of Swirlds and Hedera.
As we know from other tech-savvy places, constraints like that are actually inspiring - not limiting - for ingenious young entrepreneurs.
"When I was at Eyebeam, and working on projects funded by the MacArthur Foundation, we hung out in this little warehouse working with no commercial focus to understand what's happening in tech and media without constraint," Peretti told me.
Yearning to be free of the costs and constraints of the tech landscape in North America?
Any surgeon or surgical specialist can tell you about taking care of patients who hold off proceeding with tests, surgeries or other high-tech procedures because of financial constraints or fear about job security due to an employer's concerns about medical costs and the bottom line.
The tech companies are doing what they can given their constraints: educating the public, advocating for greater transparency by governments, and collaborating with each other and outside experts.
Tech markets need to be free of artificial government constraint, which, inevitably, is always one or two steps behind fast-moving technological developments.
"There is a big constraint when you are producing a piece of tech, to be not obtrusive and attractive.
Recently passed legislations, including the USA Freedom Act, which expand privacy rights and impose constraints on surveillance practices, have taken some of the heat off tech companies.
In the case of home care, manifesting a greater concern with supporting patient education is particularly relevant in the current health policy context [ 1, 5], where high-tech home care is increasingly seen as an "easy solution" to budgetary constraints and a growing elderly population.
