Tapestry v2.0
As always, my intent is to describe feasible technology. Tapestry 1.0 was a distributed, decomposed social network. I went as far as defining many of the APIs while I was thinking about it.
I believe it’s also possible to build Tapestry 2.0. Of course, there’s hand-waving when it comes to some details. But building containerized software, using web technology approaches to deploy to the cloud or locally is already being done. Indeed, as compute power and storage continue to increase, but latency remains somewhat constant, it’s an inevitable side-effect of trends in technology that we’ll see software move to the edges, as I wrote about in the Singularity series.
Blockchain (distributed ledgers) often address a problem that companies don’t want to solve: it eliminates a centralized role in owning, controlling, and managing data. The problem is that existing companies at meaningful scale don’t want to give up that power, so they aren’t going to use distributed ledgers. Meanwhile, companies who don’t have scale might be interested in using distributed ledgers as a differentiator, but they lack the influence to make a meaningful impact.
Credits
Thanks to my editors, Dario Ciriello and Anastasia Poirier.
The line “Kink has as much in common with abuse as practicing judo has with a street corner mugging,” is thanks to Gwenn Cody, LCSW.
Many thanks to amazing folks in the BDSM community who shared much that contributed to my thinking on the subjects explored in this novel. Names obscured, but hopefully you know who you are: ES, S, BGND, X, J, N, LCT, F.
Thanks for encouragement and feedback on early drafts goes to Brad Feld, Mike Whitmarsh, Bernie A. Hernández, and Timo Kissel.
Special thanks to my Patreon backers who support the production of each book through a monthly contribution. The support of these patrons helps cover the expenses related to the release of each book, and increases the quality by ensuring I don’t have to skimp when it comes to editing, proofreading, and audiobook production. Thank you to Alejandro Hall, Andy Levy, Antonio Roldao, Boni Wolf, Bernie A. Hernández, Brad Feld, Bruce Sommer, Caleb, David Mandell, David Mussington, Dmitry Dulepov, Gerald Auer, Greg Roberts, Jackie Tortorella, Jan Svanda, Joe Lugwig, John-Isaac Clark, Jon Guidry, Michael LC, Mike Doyle, Neil Kimmelfield, Peter, Peter Soldan, Robert Dobkin, Robert Miller, Robert Solovay, and Steven E. Burchett.
Lastly, my deep appreciation to you, dear reader, for buying and reading Kill Switch.
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