I spoke to Boris Mamlyuk, co-founder of Clean App an AI-powered, crowdsourced environmental app designed for users to report waste and hazards in real-time, essentially a system for reporting civic feedback.
I had him on to talk about the app which boasts over 1 million installs, his critique of the crypto libertarian project’s capture by Wall Street interests, and how decentralized technologies can strengthen the civic sphere against both state surveillance and corporate data monopolies. We also discuss the potential for blockchain to enable municipal socialism and community coordination in the wake Mamdani’s election in NYC.
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