2 Problem Definition
The digital economy operates on an infrastructure that prioritizes convenience over sovereignty. A small group of corporations control the systems that enable communication, data exchange, and payments. Users depend on these intermediaries for access, identity verification, and transaction processing.
The Core Trade-off In exchange for "free" access, users surrender visibility into data usage and lose the ability to operate independently of centralized oversight.
The Four Structural Weaknesses
This concentration of control has created four fundamental failures that now define the modern internet:
Privacy Collapse: Data collection has become universal and unavoidable.
Fragile Control: Power resides entirely in centralized intermediaries, not the users.
System Fragmentation: The digital landscape is split across incompatible networks and providers.
Regulatory Conflict: A permanent tension exists between government mandates and individual privacy.
Visualizing the Problem Space
Each of these failures contributes to the same ultimate outcome: users no longer own the digital environment they rely on.
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