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   "text": "Today's internet is designed for hierarchical societal structures on an underlying authoritative trust model, and that traditional hierarchical trust model carries many inefficiencies including serious cyber security vulnerabilities.",
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   "text": "People increasingly substitute trust in machines, algorithms, and code for trust in organizations and procedures, but that reliance may be misplaced because the existing internet was designed for hierarchical societal structures on an authoritative hierarchical trust model carrying serious cyber security vulnerabilities.",
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