Show me a picture of... a new internet
- The author
- Dec 18, 2024
- 3 min read
Updated: Jan 19
A rural mountain village where all the farmers host a datacenter for a federated decentralized data service, showing community interaction with technology, including children learning about tech, a tech workshop in the village, local experts teaching, and a bank and financial services
Or maybe this one...
And then you could ask yourself...
Why arent we doing this? Well , I asked the same machine that made these images.
Creating a rural mountain village where farmers host datacenters for a federated, decentralized data service, with community interaction, tech workshops, and financial services, is a fantastic vision! There are several reasons why such initiatives might not be widespread yet:
Infrastructure Costs: Setting up datacenters and ensuring reliable internet connectivity in rural areas can be expensive and logistically challenging.
No it isn't at all. sure , sustainable energy production is difficult in some places... but not in all. a sun filled valley with multiple rivers in a mountain range close to the sea... We actually need ways to transport the excess energy out of here. I'm thinking hydrogen trucks... since transporting electricitly is just a waste of converter power. But noone's making it yet.
Technical Expertise: Rural communities might lack the necessary technical skills and knowledge to manage and maintain advanced tech infrastructure.
That used to be true ,but don't forget there are a lot of capable people with expertise that want to live in these places now.
Economic Viability: Ensuring that such a model is economically sustainable for the farmers and the community can be complex.
Right.. making your own electricity in a grid with your farmer neighbours , setting up a shared service center to be your internet provider and administrative provider is... complex? Depends on who's organizing it i think. this stuff isn't hard for everyone in this world.
Just some things are hard for everyone in this world. They're just different for different people
Policy and Regulation: There might be regulatory hurdles and a lack of supportive policies to encourage such decentralized initiatives.
Yeah , that one always sucks... aah well. Hire a lawyer. we can't do without those ones.
Awareness and Adoption: People might not be aware of the benefits or might be hesitant to adopt new technologies due to cultural or social reasons.
That's actually the only point. But i'm sure that if we build it, they will use it , since it's many times cheaper than their combined digital footprint now , not to mention the fact they control none of it now.
They just don't understand what it could mean. But now they have new neighbours that might!
However, there are initiatives and projects around the world aiming to bridge these gaps and bring technology to rural areas. It's an exciting area with a lot of potential for innovation and positive impact!
Indeed... i'm trying to get one going.
Don't we all know we need a new bottum up kind of internet?
At least for the important things? And the real things?
Just like our body has different kinds of networks for different kinds of things. Communities need something else for their power needs , for their communication needs and for their administrative needs and responsibilities. And that also applies to the local community governments that they all live in. Any village could build it's own power generation grid , and it's own Intranet with all functionalities. How and what goes out and in from there is up to that community. (and their obligations to the larger government)
Want to help out?
Contact us.
You can contribute directly by purchasing our services or going straight to funding our goals.
Comments