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    The Decentralist

    By Max Borders

    MISSION. MORALITY. MEANING.

    Decentralization is a Moral Mission

    Power politics is a negative-sum game wrapped in a spectacle. It replaces community with conflict, compassion with compulsion, mutual aid with mutual animus. Yet a world beyond politics awaits. The Decentralist is an entry point into that world.

    As we build new societies, we must rediscover timeless truths, for each of us requires a foundation of mission, morality, and meaning. But we must labor under no illusions: while decentralization offers new experiments in living, Centralists threaten to steamroll over these delicate shoots of possibility.

    In this powerful book, Max Borders sets out a complete Decentralist philosophy. It’s more than the sum of technologies, he argues. If we reduce 'crypto' to mere trinkets and tokens, for example, we will lose our humanist moorings and submit to authoritarians on the left and right.

    We must therefore prepare ourselves. Decentralism provides philosophical and practical tools for living and working in an uncertain future.

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    The first rule of keynote speaking is: Don’t be boring. The second rule? Help your audience get smarter by leaving them transformed by the message. Invite Max Borders to speak at your event and guarantee your audience will be inspired, engaged and edified.

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    Understand the process of technological and social change

    In this decentralization manifesto, futurist Max Borders shows that humanity is already building systems that will “underthrow” great centers of power.

    Explore the promise of a decentralized world

    • Reorganize to collaborate and compete with AI.
    • Operate within networks of superior collective intelligence.
    • Rediscover our humanity and embrace values for an age of connection.

    AUTHOR: MAX BORDERS

    Max Borders is author of After Collapse: The End of America and the Rebirth of Her Ideals and The Social Singularity: A Decentralist Manifesto. Max is also co-founder of the event experience Future Frontiers and founder of Social Evolution, an organization dedicated to subversive innovation.

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