January 2022
@fuzztech May I invite you to look at @wirecutter? Also I like side by side better for access (plus you get a lot more for your $$$).
Revisting crypto wallet world and wondering if there are any that don't fail upon sign up, or re-verification. Really expected more stability after over a decade of industry existence.
ICYM: What will 2022 bring for decentralized identity? Will US companies lose their innovation lead to Europe or China? Will the industry stagnate with a big bureaucracy showdown? What about the birth of a truly Secure Web? Or good old marketplace confusion? https://twitter.com/heathervescent/status/1476966141041917958
Some really interesting topics for NSF's Convergence Accelerator: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2022/nsf22036/nsf22036.jsp
To be a pain in the a**, crypto is changing the paradigm not address a solution. The "problem" is economics - which is admittedly a difficult problem to address. It's an evolution akin to breathing air on land vs in water, as we currently do both, but measure as the latter. https://twitter.com/dgwbirch/status/1478456452083765252
While I love the it's not environmental challenges, I'd love to see existing industries apply this level of self reflection to their business, products, and balance sheets.
Yes, I agree these are securities and speculative hold of values not currencies, but they are also something else. Embedded in the currencies are personal values, and we're seeing a culture war between values here. (This is one of my original insights from my 2010 BTC research.)
Crypto, specifically BTC has already had a positive impact on nation state backed currencies, as acting as a competitive market force. It's monetary capitalism eat your own dog food.
And there is a lot of innovation to expand the functionality of so called "currency." You gotta remember many of us grew up using alternate gaming currencies.
I still think there is not enough diversity, horrible UI, a lot of naivety and immaturity and yes, scam artists and crime in crypto. Time will tell who will get scammed, who will become a HODLillionare, and who will just have a company, a product, a job in this industry.
PS. Technology and life is often about building the same stuff over and over with new technology that some think is better than the past and others think is not. It's rare that we humans get it "right" in the early iterations.
PPS Decentralization in currencies & economic models is just one place the bigger trend of "decentralized" is hitting. It's hitting on a political level, & we're seeing a battle between authoritarian and democracy/decentralization there too. Same trend, different topic space.
What an insight! https://twitter.com/seldo/status/1478933938772983811
A++ read on crypto, DeFi, and if you read between the lines, a co-evolving paradigm. https://twitter.com/Cruftbox/status/1479137354749079555
Being a trained futurist is like being Bar Keeper's Friend.
Is it *still* Jan 6? Longest day ever.
Oh just spending the afternoon reading DHS comments from Apple, EFF, Iowa DOT, etc. Oh, hi, I am a researcher in case it wasn't obvious.
RT @antlerboy: THESE are the two wolfs inside of u.
imageHi, I've written almost 1900 words for my next 800-1000 word column. Sometimes you have to write the chapter/book/research report before you write the article. #amwriting
Not to mention all your IoT devices and Industry 4.0 connected factories. The important question is, are digital identity systems planning for this? (Answer is, mostly no.) https://twitter.com/ReeseW/status/1480953798013054976
@NikolasFuturist It's called Standards. In tech, IEEE, ISO, W3C, IETF to name a few.
@NikolasFuturist A lot of the companies that participate in standards also collaborate with each other. There's also the model of SWIFT. Not sure what you are getting at... Industries that are infrastructure based tend to be more like this than ones that can be commoditized.
@shanenickerson *deleted snarky reply because IDK if you are being serious or snarky*
@NikolasFuturist I still say Standards. All the standards communities I've participated in are like that. Also NSF and other government funded entities, including DARPA. I do not see this from the private sector because capitalism and profits.
@NikolasFuturist I expect there's lots of regulation to be untied then.
@NikolasFuturist You're welcome! Hope it helps!
My latest at @BiometricUpdate on the The Fear of Vendor Lock-In and Apple's Mobile Driver's License: https://www.biometricupdate.com/202201/apples-promised-mobile-drivers-license-and-the-fear-of-vendor-lock-in Thanks to @IDIMAndrew for key insights & ISO community bridging!
@galdinopedron @NikolasFuturist Excellent insight @galdinopedron !
@SuchiPahi Haha. No. Don't forget that something like 1 in 3 or 4 people are on prescription meds. And lots of neurodiversity (and inexperienced youth) at them too.
2022 writing goal: write like you work for the Economist. #systemsthinker
Forgot how great the story in Haitian Divorce is. #steelydan
@shanenickerson Oh then my reply is... Only if we are still in junior high school! 💖🦄📸🍫
@dgwbirch Awe thanks Dave!
@chrisrockhacker I was gonna reply Big Trouble in Little China, but then I read the quoted tweet.
@dgwbirch Good points in the other replies & I would add, it's really being used as a store of value/hedge these days. (In addition to manipulation, tho manipulation is easier with other coins.)
Who else enjoys the pleasure of closing 20+ tabs when you finish a (research) task?
@voretaq7 😢
Ask a different community, get a different answer. https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1481737970562789376
Seditious conspiracy! https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-01-13/founder-of-oath-keepers-charged-with-seditious-conspiracy
@lucas_gonze it's kind of a thing. you're also probably not the last to hear of it.
I drive by this place when I leave town & these pictures lie. There are barely any Joshua Trees no mountains of rock & you can't see the ocean from this property. It's a lot of reflective silver in a very hot (100+ summers) desert. #autocamp #joshuatree https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/national-parks/autocamp-joshua-tree-airstream-hotel
There is totally the need for more housing (tourists & locals) in Joshua Tree, don't get me wrong, but it's also a very fragile environment & very different from the rest of the habitable world. We need to be serious about making it sustainable for the community.
Jackhammers at 10pm! That’s the f you Philly style!!! 😂😂😂
@alizasherman I got the new Mac Air (last year) as soon as I could because of the keyboard fixes. I've been happy with it.
Note to self: do not start re-reading snowcrash (or fall down the 90s sci-fi rabbit hole) for your next column which is due in <24 hours Heather!!!
Agree. "I think the more correct view is that crypto isn't going to replace anything—we're not headed to a crypto-communist future. Rather it's going to add more platforms that influence, but don't displace, the things that came before." Great read by @windley https://twitter.com/windley/status/1483861837644894208
@windley Just skimmed your piece! I may need to re-read it, but I have to write this piece first!! Seems really timely!
@CryptoMarquis @windley Respectfully, I don't see that happening. One role of Nation States is the boundary around beliefs and ways of life. War and tyranny are a result of protecting those boundaries. Free markets give no shits about vulnerable positions or human or animal or environmental life.
@CryptoMarquis @windley If you are looking for a more comprehensive view of possibilities, first read Spiral Dynamics, and meditate on Yellow/Integral and Turquoise/Dynamic Integral. There *is* a place for Crypto as part of the ecosystem. To find that place, you must evolve your thinking.
Today has really been a trip down my 1996-7 San Francisco life. FWIW, I think that person would be happy with 2022 Vescent.
@alizasherman Right here: https://www.apple.com/macbook-air/.
@CryptoMarquis Glad you like it! I recommend the tome: https://www.amazon.com/Spiral-Dynamics-Mastering-Values-Leadership/dp/1405133562/. There are also good videos on YT, IIRC. You can also google and dig deeper than the first page.
My latest on #dataprivacy and the #metaverse missed opportunity. https://twitter.com/BiometricUpdate/status/1484576729163259919
@darrello Thanks Darrell!! Ps would you be up for doing a current state of ssi wallets preso at an upcoming CCG meeting? Tuesdays Noon et.
So excited for #suaysewshop's reusable deadstock linen napkins & "paper towels." On Flash sale: https://suayla.com/ #reuse #sustainable #remade #LAlocal
@darrello Sounds good. Check your DM.
Today is like a straight-away on a desert highway and you floor your performance engine, which has been garaged for 2 years and it hits 130 barely breaking a sweat, still chomping at the bit.
@lucas_gonze Yes. DMed you.
Don't need a startup, just need a post it note on your monitor & shortcut to https://www.timeanddate.com/. And a sense of global awareness. https://twitter.com/hunterwalk/status/1486387391543742467
@csuwildcat Hey Dan, I invite you to hike the Inca Trail with some quipu. I'll provide the coca tea for the journey and ayahuasca ceremony to help open your eyes. Warm regards.
@csuwildcat I'm just sayin, if you want to pull back the curtain all the way, my friend. 👁️👁️
My latest for @BiometricUpdate, new funding for Biometric Wearables through the SVIP program, which successfully innovated standards based digital credentials. #VCs #biometrics https://www.biometricupdate.com/202201/dhs-svip-program-offering-funding-for-biometric-wearables
@michaelsherrill sleep well and congrats!!
