There are countless reasons someone wants to be anonymous. However, we also don’t want to be truly anonymous. So we need to understand why
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From the Blog on Identity
Identity and Notifications
The thought of taking two days to focus on a task, to hide away to complete something critical feels ‘impossible’ in the day to day grind.
We are not Heroes
World Humanitarian Day. While I understand wanting to celebrate and raise the profile of humanitarians, I’m not sure hero fits.
The Humanitarian Identity Opportunity
We have a chance to bridge the gap between citizens without IDs by working closer with CRVS departments. Or we can sell their data.
Light Gets In and Out
Being humans means we all have flaws. While they may be the ways light gets in, they are also the way the light gets out.
Culture: Secrets and the Stories we Tolerate
So when stories we tell make fun of someone’s ethnicity, gender, appearance, ability AND is tolerated, we communicate it is ok.
Pattern Recognition
Using the 5 why process in our own lives can help us see patterns in our behaviour, but we can also see it in our thinking.
Changing Identity
For good and ill, much of our identity is wrapped up in what we do. Therefore, when what we do changes, it impacts our identity.
Eligibility, Humanity, and Minimisation
Eligibility and Minimisation go hand in hand. If age is not a eligibility criteria, don’t collect date of birth. It’s that simple.