Comments on: The Identity Hub http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2005/07/the_identity_hu Digital Lifestyle Aggregation - helping to establish open source infrastructure Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:12:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Oldnslic http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2005/07/the_identity_hu#comment-2170 Oldnslic Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://marc_blogs_it.myelin.co.nz/?p=2321#comment-2170 I am truly in awe of the potential uses such system. It also scares me a little—as the whole internet thing does. What’s scary to me is the “forms of life” that’s being created. I recently read David Brin’s “The Transparent Society” within which he describes two opposing traits that appear in disputes over privacy. A. One group believes that another group is inherently dangerous, and that its potential to do harm is exacerbated by secrecy. Therefore, accountability must be forced upon that group through enhanced flow of information. B. The other argues that some vital good will be threatened by heightened candor, and hence wants the proposed data flow shut down. As I am in midst of designing a portal to bring people together to play with philosophical and ethical ideas—which argument do you think your application/system will have the greatest impact on? I am truly in awe of the potential uses such system. It also scares me a little—as the whole internet thing does. What’s scary to me is the “forms of life” that’s being created. I recently read David Brin’s “The Transparent Society” within which he describes two opposing traits that appear in disputes over privacy.

A. One group believes that another group is inherently dangerous, and that its potential to do harm is exacerbated by secrecy. Therefore, accountability must be forced upon that group through enhanced flow of information.
B. The other argues that some vital good will be threatened by heightened candor, and hence wants the proposed data flow shut down.

As I am in midst of designing a portal to bring people together to play with philosophical and ethical ideas—which argument do you think your application/system will have the greatest impact on?

]]> By: ofieldstream http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2005/07/the_identity_hu#comment-2169 ofieldstream Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://marc_blogs_it.myelin.co.nz/?p=2321#comment-2169 Marc - I've read of you through Dave Winer's blogs and a few others - but I guess I didn' realize you were working on this type of project. It all sounds interesting. When will we be able to 'taste it'? Look forward to seeing, reading and trying this new system out. ofieldstream Marc - I’ve read of you through Dave Winer’s blogs and a few others - but I guess I didn’ realize you were working on this type of project. It all sounds interesting. When will we be able to ‘taste it’?

Look forward to seeing, reading and trying this new system out.

ofieldstream

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