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A Networked-Run World: A Brave New Conversation with John Robb | Ep 5

No Way Out

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Is the Decentralization How the Al-Qaeda Was Gaining Momentum?

Al-Qaeda was using something called a fealty pledge to attract online participants. It's basically saying in the Middle Ages that fealty was that I operate independently but I'll operate in your benefit, right? And what I do is reflects on you and, you know, it, you give up. So they would ask the person about to do an attack to kind of videotape it and then pledge it with a fealty.

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