The holiday season is often a time of celebration and sadness – the two being true together. Who do I want to be in the next year, month?
From the Blog on Identity
Remembering
The thing about rules is they are meant to be boundaries and the minimum. Remembering we can be creative within is critical for change.
The Power of Yes/No
Yes/No can help us with inclusion, exclusion and duplication without actually sharing the information. We do this already and we can improve.
I wish you would have asked me first
Our contact details are shared without our knowledge by organisations and companies often with profit (for them) intention. Perhaps we should ask first?
What if we centralise something else?
When we centralise information for deduplication we run into challenges. First, what do we centralise. Second, who ‘governs’ that which is centralised.
Decentralisation needs Centralisation
When we decentralise we can’t ‘prove’ uniqueness across a population group. There appears to need a some sort of centralisation ability for this.
Becoming Robots or Humans?
Is the natural destination of using biometrics that we no longer use people’s names? Perhaps we need to consider what it means to be seen, to be human.
Numbers are not Sterile
Numbers are not data fields in your algorithmic software. They are sons, daughters, nephews, nieces, friends, and dreams. Numbers are not sterile.
Who are Identity Systems for?
Hopefully knowing who you are allows us to be more human. To see and be seen. If identity systems don’t, then we might as well be a number.