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Vitalik Buterin

Ethereum co-founder, advocate of d/acc (defensive accelerationism), copyleft licensing, and plural governance.

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d/acc (Defensive Accelerationism)

Vitalik Buterin's framework: accelerate the development of defensive, democratizing technologies rather than all technology indiscriminately.
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Plurality

Glen Weyl and Audrey Tang's framework for democratic technology that embraces social diversity rather than flattening it.
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Copyleft

Viral open-source licensing (GPL, AGPL) that requires derivative works to remain free — the legal backbone of the software commons.
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Protocols, Not Platforms

The thesis that decentralized protocols (like email, AT Protocol) are more resilient than centralized platforms because they enable competition, exit, and user ownership.

Further Reading

d/acc: one year later Article Vitalik Blog
Why I used to prefer permissive licenses and now favor copyleft Article Vitalik Blog

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