Scott is a technologist and futurist. He founded one of Canada’s first web agencies in 1993 and has been a strong proponent of privacy, & open standards, technology, and methodologies since the turn of the millennium. He is chair and founder of the Human Data Commons Foundation, a founding partner of Humanitas Capital, and is a member of both the Futurists, Religion & Spirituality, and Robotics/AI advisory boards of the Lifeboat Foundation. Link to video: https://youtu.be/ArcMFFpC-1s https://humandatacommons.org/

1. Data Sovereignty
Scott Nelson

14. Solutions
● Homomorphic Encryption
● Differential Privacy
● Algorithmic Transparency
● Blockchain
● Platform Cooperatives
● HIPAA (Health Information Privacy Act of America)
● GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)
● Integral Praxis

15. “More practically, and more immediately, if we want to
prevent the concentration of all wealth and power in the
hands of a small elite, we must regulate the ownership
of data. In ancient times, land was the most important
asset, so politics was a struggle to control land. In the
modern era, machines and factories became more important
than land, so political struggles focused on controlling these
vital means of production. In the 21st century, data will
eclipse both land and machinery as the most
important asset, so politics will be a struggle to
control data’s flow.” - Yuval Noah Harari

16. scott@humandatacommons.org