Monday, July 20, 2015

Legacy Systems vs De-centralizing Forces

A list of legacy systems that are in the process of disruption by de-centralizing forces:

The Electric Grid vs Solar and wind--distributed energy

Oil companies vs Battery storage

Banks, including central banks vs Bitcoin--blockchain technology

Manufacturing companies vs 3D printing

Newspapers, news media vs Social media

Wall Street vs Crowdfunding- via blockchains

Drug companies vs Biotechnology, personalized medicine

Hotel Industry vs AirBnB

Auto companies, taxis, rentals vs Uber

Music companies vs Streaming music

Telecom companies vs Mesh networking via WiFi and IOT

Software companies vs Cloud computing

TV Networks vs YouTube

Movie studios, cinemas vs Netflix

Windows vs Linux

The NSA vs Cryptography-- Cypherpunks

Publishing companies vs blogs

Processed food companies vs CSAs, farmers markets

State universities vs Coursera, Lynda, Kahn

Libraries vs Wikipedia

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