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Reporters visited booths of Worldcoin, a global blockchain project championed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, in Nairobi, Bengaluru, and Hong Kong to get a better sense of who was signing up for the service and why. In all three cities, the surge of interest for registering their biometrics to the blockchain was driven primarily by the sign-up bonuses. Relatively few people were familiar with the goals of the project.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow that is dystopian, combined with idiocy. What a scary combination.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's not necessarily idiocy. Dystopian, yes. And when you consider that the case for it not being idiocy is a government that has created such wealth inequality that people will do this for an extra $50.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Valid point, that's what makes it even more dystopian. The most in your face example of "you have to be able to afford privacy".

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

@Elw

I agree with what you say about inequality and get your point, though I am not sure whether exactly these individuals were in urgent need of extra 50 bucks. A major point here is information and education here (or, better, the lack of it).

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

purchasing power parity. $50 USD can get much more in one of these countries than in the USA