Digital Governance: Why Decentralization of Information Matters
With all of the recent talks and discussions surrounding governments, encryption, and the lack of transparency, something will have to change sooner or later. To come to a new level of transparency and understanding, a request has been made in both New York and Chicago for a form of digital governance. For as long as most people can remember, government....
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