Asking all my life.
That’s been my week.
I’ve been digging into a thought for the past week starring out into the void wondering what to do next.
With Decentralized/Federated Social Media, I’m seeing a lot of discussions on how do we want to run ourselves? Ethical, rights, power and other conversations all around and to do with Governance.
Before I do continue, here’s something I use as my framework
Like Maslow’s Pyramid, here’s how I picture the evolution of the web.
Web 1 – Media (publishing)
Web 2 – Communication* (2 way communication)
Web 3 – Economies
Web 4 – Governance
Web 5 – Citizenship
And like Maslow’s theory, these layers aren’t independent, and we are always in flux as we go up and down depending on social need.
* Update: I previously have called Web 2 “Community”, but I’m rejigging that thought a bit.
Could this pyramid be more about a decentralized, autonomous, or independent web? Could this be about scale and accessibility? 🤷
Not just the ability to publish, but at an economical scale that it’s easy and cheap for one to publish. Just like it’s easy to discuss, or now… make your own digital currency.
I’ve started investigating several types of governance. Smart Contracts, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), Coops/Unions/Guilds. There are so many ways we’ve governed ourselves.
Here’s a nice summary of options in 2 parts:
One of the cons in all of governance is the time and effort. And that’s where I’m curious about the tech that could help. Where could it help? But some of these are it’s tricky and at scale costly.
Creative Commons helps me understand copyright in a way that made it accessible. It gave me tools and options I never thought of. Governance feel the same in a way.
As we shift into an aliterate world we’re going to need to all understand governance a lot more.
When England reached a literate tipping point ( 50% ) the monarchy changed dramatically. At the time of the formation of The United States it was most literate societies on the planet.
Our governance will shift dramatically again. It’s time we have a good foundation or understanding when it does.
I’ve been temporarily laid off. You could call it a furlough ( though no one ever used that term ).
A string of bad luck in the world of startups. They’ll call me back if they can. We just don’t know when.
Oh whoa is me… boo hoo boo hoo.
If anyone knows me, I’m the world of “who moved my cheese“, I’m not the one who’s sitting back. I lean forward and move.
It’s time to ( in no particular order ):
Not yet. After all it’s only day 1. I will trust my golden horseshoe and whim.
All that energy last month to mix it up, took me down. I was doing ok but then snap – damn you ADHD!
I, of course haven’t done nothing, just different things:
It’s insanity! My house is a mix of towels under door jams, everything is in a box. At first you’re like, wow it’s organized, and then you’re like, which box was that in, and then your like, F!*#’n boxes!
I’m not really much of an handy man, so the idea of figuring out what to do, is kind of super monumental at the moment.
Then you think you’ve done enough, and then after the kids go to bed 4 of them come out of nowhere and run around like crazy teens, while your wife looses her mind, and the rest of the night, your trying to figure out not only how to get these guys out, but also do it in a way that your partner, who is now curled up in a ball mumbling “make them go away”, doesn’t fully break.
So, monthnotes it may have to be while all the energy I have left is trying to deal with that.
Where was I? I’ve forgotten where I was in reflecting on Ong’s Psychodynamics of Orality with our current culture. So this recap is partly for me as it is you.
I hope you can see where I’m going with this.
It was coined “secondary orality” because I don’t think anyone realized how close could it get to a primary oral culture?
In the thick of academia and logic, it’s hard to imagine. However, with recent events unfolding before our eyes, I think we’re realizing, perhaps it’s closer that we thought.