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The author, a researcher working on cryptonetworking, argues that personal data should be reframed as "interpersonal data" that resides on relationships rather than individuals, since current framings like "data subject" misrepresent how data is shared among two or more parties. The post contends that market prices carry too little information to capture this data's value, and that a richer flow of information can support both competition and co-operation. It draws on Lynn Margulis, Adam Smith, Joseph Stiglitz, Michael Linton's open money work, and Stafford Beer's law of requisite variety.