The time for a new Digital Social Contract is now

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With all that is happening in the world, may be its time we start to rethink the ways and rules our world is governed today.

We need to rethink the role of new technologies and the companies that dominate them, will have on our society for the next decades. We're on the verge of creating new tech such as AI, blockchain, Virtual technologies that have the capacity will shape the ways society and economy will work in the future. We need a new model for these rthings to work.

I am in favour that we need to create a new "Digital Social Contract" so that these technologies can be overseen and work for the benefit of all and not for some only. We need to do it now and it seems that govs are waking up for that right now. The Digital Services Act just recenly passed by EU is a step in the right direction, but regulations won't be enough. We also need businesses (especially digital companies) that build and contribute to enrich our society and communitoes and that can solve real problems of society, such as lack of opportunities, inequality and work conditions. Now its the time to create propose these DSC's and to test new ways how companies and governements can work to build a more robist society.

There are so many things to do, but we need to go to the bottom of the problems and not try to throw money and regulations at them. We're on a tight schedule and I know that there are many people just letting the whole system fall so that they can rebuild better. Don't know if that's the right thing to do but whet I know is that we need to do something, letting things rest as they are is the path to misery and... we all know what, just trying no to be negative.

We need to rething Capital and the Finantial sector. capital gains and speculation are not productive tasks. We also need to let GDP tal go and start using other kind of indicators. We need to link money (whatever kind) to real productivity so that we can give back wealth to the people who actually are producing it. God, we need to do so much.

So let's start at the begining. Let's get our hands dirty and try new things. I'm starting working with decent partners in a DSC implementation.

PS - I am not affiliated with any politic party wether left or right. I'm just on the side of humany and all livig beings.


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Miguel Cordeiro
Entrepreneur and Investor. Founder of Empreendedor.com a leading Portuguese Entrepreneurship Magazine and managing partner of Media Invest where is actively developing digital and ...