Decentralization vs. Centralization: Ideological Tensions in Cryptography

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with original cryptographer Paul Rosenberg about the origins of morality, the epic adventures of the cryptographers of Laissez-Faire City, which cryptographic tools governments will attack next, the anti-capitalist sentiments in cryptography, the problems of hierarchy, liberation theology, the problems of intellectual property, and the ethics of gene editing.

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Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 1:50 – Where do morals come from? 4:55 – Prague Hacker’s Conference 12:44 – Stories from Laissez-Faire City 20:30 – What cryptographic tool will the governments go after next 24:40 – When Paul met the guy who invented DNS 26:15 – Anti-capitalist sentiments in cryptography 31:21 – The knowledge problem of centralized systems 36:20 – The laziness of “right to” culture 39:00 – The problem of hierarchic for anarchic Christians 43:50 – Liberation Theology 47:25 – The problem of intellectual property 52:00 – Ethics of CRISPR and gene editing 56:40 – Final thoughts

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