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@TIMKLAPDOR
A Preface
Networks are the key to learning & life – now and into the future.
The most important component of a network is the node.
The best networks have the best nodes.
The best nodes are empowered individuals.
Empowered individuals have ownership and autonomy.
... but
Current systems, technologies and models don’t allow that to occur.
Flash Points: 1. Data Sovereignty & Personal Identity 2. Algorithms & Known Unknowns 3. Enclosure & the Rise of the Vectoralists
#1
Data Sovereignty & Personal Identity
Who owns your data? How do they define your identity?
The Social Graph
Social Network Diagram by DarwinPeacock, Maklaan
Who has their own domain name, their own website?
We put our stuff into other peoples containers.
https://flic.kr/p/aBiyQE
The Right to be Forgotten
https://flic.kr/p/8jJpbY
What would happen if Facebook worked like Blackboard?
Every 15 weeks Facebook would delete all your photos and status updates and unfriend all your friends.
What goes into the LMS stays there.
... and then gets deleted.
#2
Algorithms & Known Unknowns
http://bit.ly/1DIDEda
The News Feed
Automation == Algorithm
https://flic.kr/p/49U5d
Digital Shadowland
#3
Enclosure & the Rise of the Vectoralists
End of the commons.
Land is fenced & becomes property.
Digital Enclosure: Acquisition of data via Startups
https://flic.kr/p/oNVWTq
Digital Enclosure: Binary Choice
https://flic.kr/p/pUhUUL
Digital Enclosure: Free to join, pay with data
https://flic.kr/p/faq2B4
Digital Enclosure: Licencing Terms
https://flic.kr/p/72V3Hg
Digital Enclosure: Removing the Commons
https://flic.kr/p/fsJP48
McKenzie Wark
The Vectoralist Class
Uber, the world’s largest taxi company, owns no vehicles. Facebook, the world’s most popular media owner, creates no content. Alibaba, the most valuable retailer, has no inventory. And Airbnb, the world’s largest accommodation provider, owns no real estate. –Tom Goodwin
The End? No.
The Hacker Class
Developing the Empowered Node
Nodewaresoftware + hardware
Distributed. Co-operative. Autonomous. Connected.
Create new vectors.
Create new commons.
Show NotesThe Social Graph (http://bit.ly/1KhcAih)‘Forgotten’ by Google (http://bit.ly/1DM8dPp)Consent and Ethics in Facebook’s Study (http://bit.ly/1MjwRby)Ghostery (https://www.ghostery.com/en/)Enclosure (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclosure)A Hacker Manifesto (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Hacker_Manifesto)The Battle Is For The Customer Interface (http://tcrn.ch/1PkirI9)MYOS and the Networked Future (http://bit.ly/1TsEfBW)