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I think it’s rather un-ironic. The central thesis is not that the technology itself is flawed, but that it needs to be done in a way that is more adaptive to the needs of humans. The best way to reach people is where they are, and people are overwhelmingly on Facebook.

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>people are overwhelmingly on Facebook

Is hypercentralization not a major problem of tech at the momemt, both in terms of security and freedom of thought?

Hypercentralization is a contributing factor (and indeed an enabler) of the main problem, which its the exploitation of attention. It is, in itself, not bad, and not in itself a problem. The same issue that this organization is fighting could also occur in an attention economy dominated by no major player.

Hypercentralization is an intrinsic part of it. The VC money for operating at a loss is only available because VC's dream of hypercentralization. And if they didn't have VC backing and had to turn a profit and run ads on day 1, they wouldn't be able to beat the free as in freedom platforms where attention wouldn't be exploited.

Hypercentralization is bad when it leads to data hoarding because it creates a "jackpot" of information for hackers

Younger generations are increasingly not on Facebook. They're on other various social platforms.

Which is why Facebook buys them out.

They might not be "on Facebook", but many of them use Facebook Messenger extensively.

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