KEYNOTE:SHELTERS OR WINDMILLS: THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER AND INFORMATION ADVANTAGE

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Presented at BlackHat EU 2013 by

Rick Falkvinge

N/A are in the middle of a power shift in society that is at least as large as that of the printing press. Information advantage has always been the same as power: when the ruling elite has historically lost the information advantage, they have also lost power. Therefore, that advantage has always been defended, often with violence: militarization of information technology goes back to the Roman civilization. By learning from history, we get blueprints of the successful battle plans, as well as an understanding of where we are in this particular cycle of history.