I've been waiting for years for the emergence of the original Web 3.0 - the semantic web [1]. A web of machine readable data based on ontologies. How did it get redefined as a web on top of append-only blockchains? [1] https://www.w3.org/standards/semanticweb/
That's interesting. I have also been waiting for the resurgence and takeover of free software over non-free software for many years, so that we can inspect, modify and run the software freely without restrictions on our computers. How did the point of "open-source" get hijacked so quickly by the tech bros who have also helped the surveillance capitalists agenda and exploit more of these free-software developers to th…
I don't think that the idea of either free software or the semantic web were hopeless or that they lead to the dystopian hell. Open source was created due to a disagreement with the idea of software freedom. It turned out to be exactly what free software wasn't - a tool for exploitation. Similarly, the semantic web was easy to implement - except that the big tech saw it as a hindrance to profit. That lead to the blockchain web hijacking the web3 designation from it. That said, both ideas are still viable and still alive on a small scale.