What’s the Next Generation Internet? Surprise: It’s all about the Blockchain!

"the distributed Internet was dropped into an economy that has concentrated power structures with asymmetrical ability to shape it for their own purposes. Whether the old financial services behemoths, the new titans of silicon valley, or the vast government bureaucracies that mine the digital world to monitor their citizens, the dream of a new age of empowerment and participation, free from the power structures of the industrial age has proved illusive... Some scholars have argued that the invention of double-entry bookkeeping enabled the rise of capitalism and the nation state.[1] Today, the new platform enables a reconciliation of digital records -- call it The digital Reconciliation. The Internet of Everything needs a Ledger of Everything. Business, commerce and the economy need a Digital Reckoning. Get ready for the World Wide Ledger." - SXSW Preview: What’s the Next Generation Internet? Surprise: It’s all about the Blockchain! | Don Tapscott | LinkedIn