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Julius king's avatar

Sovietisation of society incoming… thank you - this is not so much a signal but a thunder strike for all of humanity to take heed. freedom is negotiable. the new social contract is one where not only do we need to prove our worthiness to the state but our behaviour is now regulated by the ‘magnificent seven’.

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Bronwyn Williams's avatar

Isn’t it grand. Actual fascism - big brother and big tech collusion.

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Faizan Abbasi's avatar

Given the potential geopolitical tensions, how might the sharing of skills passports between NATO and non-NATO countries impact national security concerns and information privacy?

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Jordan Smith's avatar

When it comes down to it, what's the difference between skills passports and LinkedIn, just as a question?

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Bronwyn Williams's avatar

"Immutable" verification and convertabilty - it's not a claim you make, it's a credit you are given - an access key to opportunity.

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Bronwyn Williams's avatar

(This is really, as I've said, about digital identity - and ownership and control of what is agreed by authorities to be attached to that identity.)

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Jordan Smith's avatar

Rather than me holding myself out as something, it's someone else determining what I am?

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Bronwyn Williams's avatar

Something verifying you are who you say you are (see my linked article on The Truth Machine)

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Bronwyn Williams's avatar

(A licence to do x if you will. See also the Soul Bound Tokens white paper from Vitalik et al)

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Jordan Smith's avatar

I'll check it out.

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Jordan Smith's avatar

Well...ceteris paribus is there a problem with something verifying that I am who I say I am?

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Bronwyn Williams's avatar

There is not - it's just the "trustless" economy in action. Is what it is. The weird part is that that which is not verified by "the" system becomes unreal, even if it is real , and lies that are thus "verified" become "true" - the challenge is really with who verifies the verifiers of "immutable truth" - and how do you argue with it if an error gets in (answer, as anyone who's identity has ever been stolen will attest) is not very easily. It's kind of a global efficiency / individual resilience trade off like much of the digital world.

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