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The Promise of Peer-to-Peer Credentials
Humans need a reputation and a portable identity; without these things, we're just beings with no value or purpose. Right now, the main things that determine our reputation, outside what we say and do, are credentials given to us by institutions (like universities). As it relates to social networks, I see opportunities in unbundling institutional c... See more
Erik Torenberg • Opportunities in Consumer Social
My friends and I founded a university over the summer and...it's going great?! And it's been surprisingly painless to start and run?!
It's a "network university," which is our fancy term for a new type of social institution: one that transforms an existing network into a social commons where ppl can learn, do research, and create groundbreaking wor... See more
It's a "network university," which is our fancy term for a new type of social institution: one that transforms an existing network into a social commons where ppl can learn, do research, and create groundbreaking wor... See more
Tyler Alterman • Tweet
What’s the role of a social network in a user-centric web3 world? No longer platform-centric venues, social networks become portals into a metaverse, full of opportunity. Users own the value they create and carry the credibility they accrue. Social Investing 2.0 promotes meaningful connections that lead to platform agnostic, liquid collaboration be... See more
Thomas Scaria • Social Investing 2.0
Credentials from centralized institutions are subjective — they're only valuable because the institution issuing them is valuable. It's a reputational ponzi scheme. On the contrary, credentials from decentralized networks are more objective — they let people observe work completed without a subjective value judgement on the work itself.