LLMs may be just the stepping stone technology we needed. But stepping to where exactly? And how?| Philip Sheldrake
We’ve needed purpose-designed address books for every technological wave, from the postage stamp to cell phone numbers. Web3 is no exception. Yet any old address book simply won’t cut it when…| Philip Sheldrake
Are we are own worst enemy? The post Reusable KYC: when a dedication to decentralization self-sabotages appeared first on Philip Sheldrake.| Philip Sheldrake
The paper falls far short in its appreciation for human-centred design, and this is quite typical of contemporary approaches to digital identity. The post Once more with meaning — a review of a draft industry paper on human-centric digital identity appeared first on Philip Sheldrake.| Philip Sheldrake
Dear lawmakers and regulators, this draft industry paper doesn't do the job. I explain why in the hope that you will act. The post Live or DIE — a review of a draft industry paper on the harms of SSI appeared first on Philip Sheldrake.| Philip Sheldrake
The point of failure is precisely where Web3 technology meets you and me. We must change our approach, not just to avoid failure, but to fully explore and expand the gifts of being human. The post Web3’s future #fail is avoidable appeared first on Philip Sheldrake.| Philip Sheldrake
If your work involves architecting or designing or developing or policymaking for the interweave of people and digital technologies, or researching the consequences, may I invite you to check out my new essay: Human identity — the number one challenge in computer science. Wonderfully, I've been helped by thirteen reviewers offering more than two hundred […] The post Digital identity is not human identity, and that matters appeared first on Philip Sheldrake.| Philip Sheldrake
Concepts are the fundamental building blocks of thinking, of designing. While there are plenty of things in the mix when it comes to contemplating system design, if the primary concepts remain unchallenged and unchanged from what came before, then the outcome will likely look very familiar. The post We need to talk about the social graph appeared first on Philip Sheldrake.| Philip Sheldrake
It is important to understand the ways in which software may be conjured into the world for the simple reason that software and information technologies more generally have immense social and economic impact. The genesis of such process has been called software architecture, and there have been various attempts over the years to define the […] The post The past, present, and possible future of software architecture appeared first on Philip Sheldrake.| Philip Sheldrake
First published to the AKASHA blog. Manning Publications has just published "Self-Sovereign Identity: Decentralized digital identity and verifiable credentials". Congratulations to the co-editors, Alex Preukschat and Drummond Reed, for getting 24 chapters, 5 appendices, and a further 11 online-only chapters out the door. No mean feat. My copy will drop on the doormat any day […] The post Self-Sovereign Identity — the book, the dystopia appeared first on Philip Sheldrake.| Philip Sheldrake