The Antidote To Worldcoin
and then there is this ….
… she’s talking about Sam Altman
🔗 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 “progressive decentralization”: 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.
💬 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.
💬 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.
This is a 🧶 People First post - to see others in the series, click here.
🔗 Socialroots is a ‘worker-owned cooperative business’ and they are working on an interesting problem that is hard to articulate to anyone who hasn’t already experienced the problem they are fixing. #Catch22
📺 Wire In The Blood
We’ve been watching Wire In The Blood off and on for over a year now and last night hit the final episode. Set in roughly the same geography as Vera - though doesn’t show the beauty in the way Vera did - a superb show. All six series are on Acorn - but with each episode 90 minutes or so - coupled with the subject matter - I do not recommend a binge. Definitely worth a watch.
🔗 Is Rock Dead? (and Other Questions from Readers)
An interesting read from Ted Gioia … but later on in the piece he talks about archives, a topic I have been mulling recently.
🔗 ‘I can’t believe we’re having this conversation’: the states pushing for 14-year-olds to serve alcohol (Apple News)
… of course they are - keeps the wages down.
🔗 Dear Rishi Sunak, you’ve declared war on people who want to curb car use. It’s one you’ll lose.
It’s fascinating how parochial the ‘right’ are.
Is brand consistency important?
Apparently not.
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🔗 ‘Put learners first’: Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schools.
I would argue misguided. What say you?
Color Me Confused
Both Files Are There
The code to display the video on my blog is identical, using video controls tag …
And yet:
They display differently Fixed - thankyou @simonwoods
🎛️🎙️ The Future Of Income
Over the years I have used different words, different ‘lenses’, different ‘glasses’, ‘filters’ - but it all comes down to this.
And too quickly I am told that ‘UBI’ is not the solution, to which I point out that I never said it was. Delighted to hear David Wood making exactly the same point. He goes on …
what is happening is not business as usual.
I agree.
The Full Podcast:
🎙️ David Wood Talking On David Brown’s Podcast
📸 A big gate stops you driving up the street to Bob Hope’s old house.
At least you can see Frank Sinatra’s crib.
“I’ve never been indicted and I am not a lawyer, but if you are deleting evidence, it is because you know you are committing a crime and anybody who supports this, anybody who defends this, is complicit in endangering America.”
💬 Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), a 2024 presidential candidate
I’m no fan of CardiB’s music .. but with her all the way on her 🔗 reaction to the dick in the Audience who threw his drink at her … it really is time to hold people accountable for their actions … 🖇️ like Gaga.
🎥 The School for Good and Evil, 2022 - ★★½
It is clear that the key to enjoying a movie is to start with the lowest possible expectations, I didn’t even want to watch this … but then I did. Not a great rating from yours truly .. but 2 1/2 stars is 2 1/2 stars more than it was going to get. Special shout out to Sophia Anne Caruso who I thought was excellent.