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   "text": "Decentralized underwriting is a necessary precondition for decentralized commerce: without something functioning as an insurance policy when commercial risks materialize, the public has no reason to pursue the benefits of decentralized commerce.",
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   "text": "The flexibility that human business requires will unlikely ever be attained in existing decentralized protocols unless a decentralized verification system is built into decentralized commerce.",
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   "text": "Without a core common ethical denominator, decentralized systems cannot last: they lose coherence, become attackable, and can be corrupted, leading to suboptimal societal outcomes.",
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   "text": "Data quality is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for AI growth: algorithms, computing power, and developer expertise also play significant roles, yet access to quality datasets remains a fundamental requirement for advancing AI.",
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