Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Silos To Publish Their Thinking.

šŸ–‡ļø I wrote a related piece yesterday.

This one takes the thought a step further, because it’s not just original posts … but also replies.

As so often happens to me these days .. I start to reply to a message somewhere in one of the interweb’s silos … you know where they are in control - not you … even down to how long your message should be … because … you know ā€˜they’ know best. When that happens, I start a new post on said silo .. where there isn’t a character limit .. but I find myself doing that less and less … because why do I want to give my original thinking to a silo that stores undifferentiated commodities like bulk chaff? That’s why I don’t write ā€˜content’ …

But these days there’s even more reason not to use the Silos for being the prime origin of your IP, your work, your thinking.

šŸ–‡ļø The short ā€˜case study’ just yesterday is all about the problem.

My next post started as a reply to a very good LinkedIN post .. and is a prime example of the ā€˜too long’ problem. I’ll link to here when it is finished.


šŸŽ›ļøšŸŽ™ļø About ’That’ Film

I wrote about it back in mid July. šŸ–‡ļø Smelt fishy then. Still smells fishy.

Kafka’s podcast goes ā€˜off piste’ - but well worth it as it explores what exactly was/is going on with the movie - that’s in part one. In part two - the ā€˜other side’.

The Full Podcast:

šŸŽ™ļø Explained: Sound Of Freedom


The Antidote To Worldcoin

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and then there is this ….

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… she’s talking about Sam Altman

šŸ”— You can read the whole piece by Molly here, which includes substantial thinking on the challenges of decentralized identity.

The cryptocurrency industry is rife with projects that embrace the idea of ā€œprogressive decentralizationā€: beginning out as a highly centralized project run by a small group, but promising to eventually turn over control of the project to a DAO. Few ever follow through,10 but it is a convenient way to stave off criticism.

šŸ’¬ Molly White

In my same ‘reading session’ this piece from my friend Alan Mayo : The Reasonable Future: Identity 2.5 appeared. He concludes;

Some of the world is hell-bent on achieving Identity 3 Decentralization and, ironically, this is not going to happen anytime soon. With our current proven technologies we have all the building blocks to build sophisticated Identity solutions that provide a good customer experience and good security. That is where we should be spending our time, rather than dreaming of an impossible future.

šŸ’¬ Alan Mayo

The Antidote?

Stop listening to people who are playing both sides of the ‘Business Equation’ - even better … stop acting on their recommendations. Altman isn’t the only one.


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