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galapag%usbuilding an identity & reputation ecosystem
NYU-ITP Thesis 2013Victor Ben Turner founder/discoverer
visit now! https://galapag.us/
slides online @ http://bit.ly/12DGlYb
Advisor: Heather Greer
Money and fame and # of followers dominate metrics for reputation.
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In our everyday lives, what dominates "reputation" is:● that person in the office who can get things done● what a random stranger said to us on the street● who we'd drop everything for● who we enjoy being ourselves around● who we love and trust
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I don't care so much about how rich, powerful, famous, or well-connected you are, but rather, do you get things done? Can I depend on you?
I am obsessed with identity and reputation.
People don’t come out of a vacuum.
They often have narratives, made up of setbacks, 10,000 hours, small successes, long dry spells, tons of doubt, flashes of brilliance, a lot of luck.
Where are their quirks? What’s their Moneyball values? What are their stories? How were their personalities formed in the crucible of life?
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● My grandfather, Victor Turner, and his work on liminality, social drama, rites of passage
● My grandmother, Edie Turner, and her work on communitas
Where this all came from: Ben Turner's bio
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Where this all came from: a bio of Ben TurnerCame a long way to get here, had many identities.● Prodigy● The Sierra Network/ImagiNation Network● BBSs, MUDs● UT Austin (Latin, Greek)● US Army paratrooper● Arabic linguist● 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)● Global War on Terror: Iraq, Operation Iraqi
Freedom III● Georgetown Masters of Science in Foreign
Service: foreign policy, international development
● Department of Homeland Security: social media news analysis
● USAID● The Colbert Report● NYU ITP● 2012 visit to the Galapagos Islands
galapag.us is a tribe of quantified selfers.
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(uh, and yes, you'll be a quant selfer soon if you're not one already.)
Our privacy is already gone.● NSA wiretapping, site/database hacks, credit ratings
We hide our true selves from each other.● We use fake Facebook/LinkedIn names.● We act differently on Facebook than on LinkedIn.
All our data is siloed.● Sites we use don't share. We always end up being the children in a company
divorce.
We are not getting enough value back from what we are putting our time into online.
Let's talk about our lives online.
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What if we tried another way?
● gross national happiness/eudaimonia● radical transparency● mutual openness● reputational footprints as proof of work
and alibis● verifying each other's data● integration of all our varied datasets
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Our tribal values:● We believe that a primary goal of life is to maximize
eudaimonia and to help others do the same.● We individuals own our own data, and can control its
availability.● We believe in sharing and strength through
interconnectedness.● We believe in transparency and accountability.● Our data is a powerful form of expression of our own
identities, and we should be allowed to fully show and present that data identity and reputation in a free society.
● We are each members of many tribes and have many identities and faces, and only through all layers combined can we be understood in context.
● We believe in networked webs of people reinforcing validity of each others' information.
● We believe in generativity through open source and open, linked, organized data.
● We believe in economic incentives and positive externalities.
● We believe in being fast and adaptive.
from: https://gist.github.com/Xeus/4371822
● We individuals can balance the benefits of others, governments, and companies having data about us, against the benefits of retaining ownership, oversight, and privacy of our own data.
● We individuals benefit from being more public and open, rather than less.
● We individuals should be able to fully express ourselves by being honest, open, vulnerable, genuine, and caring.
● We individuals, through sharing our own data, can benefit from what currently only governments and companies can exploit off of us.
● Instead of rumors, gossip, credit ratings, etc. determining reputation, we can use data science, Moneyball, and a combination of quantification and qualification to build a more thorough reputation for ourselves that doesn't just rely on wealth and popularity.
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Meaning of Galapag.us
● a world of experimentation and exploration● .us == social && American (no .ly fiascos)● a teeming world of symbiosis, non-predatory
competition, speciation, efficient evolution● a positive example of human conservation efforts
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galapag.us is a social credit rating ecosystem for calculating reputation
using any shared personal data
(open & editable metrics + any type of personal data + API)
*% = :)
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financial + produced + social + human + natural == total capital
The ultimate goals of galapag.us:● We will attempt to quantify and improve eudaimonic happiness.● We will give every human on Earth (and his/her internet of things) a
reputation and identity.● We will become the standard for the world's 21st century reputation
system.● We will provide the model for transparency.● We will organize everyone's personal data.
from: https://gist.github.com/Xeus/4371822
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● achievements● influences● interactions● moments● obstructions● perceptions● personality● pets● relationships● rites of passage● wants● wardrobe
What personal data are we talking about?
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Go ahead, start to think about what other peoples' deeds and thanks mean to you, and how you'd like to appreciate them.
Contribute your thoughts while you listen to this presentation:
https://galapag.us/welcome/
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Features● Post anonymously, under a pseudonym, or under your real name● Make your own formulas for how you evaluate love, work, or happiness● Fill out others' profiles, which they can then confirm, deny, ignore, or forgive● Pick different islands to live on which support your preferred type of online
behavior (high-quality content, competitiveness, lurking, gaming, etc.● Compare metrics at country-, company-, club-, neighborhood-, tribe- levels● A breakdown of your 24 hours spent in a day and an Aboriginal songline of
your life/worlds
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Show Your Score● business card subscription: get cards with your
updated stats mailed regularly● widget to view reputations of people mentioned
on any web page● put your reputation badge on your sites● badges on clothing to show achievements
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Account StructureFree Individual Account● use galapag.us as a secure data store● access your data via API● self-improvement strategies● export your data whenever you want
Premium Individual Account● be social, share your data with others● compare against individuals or in aggregate
Organization Account● get aggregated stats on your employees, tribal members, etc.● track internal health of organization metrics● brands build their own DNA metrics
Audited Account● data verified by third-party auditor for extra level of trust
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Future Features
● Using your stats to roll new characters in multiple games, including text RPGs, role-playing MUSHes, social games
● Census-taking for international development projects, tracking trafficking/kidnapping
● GALApag.us, an end-of-year celebration of reputation and good deeds done
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Help me alpha test by playing, experimenting, breaking.
https://galapag.us/register
https://galapag.us/
I'm Ben, I'm the happiness guy, and thank you, I'm out!
And thanks to those who went out of their way to help and mentor me:● Lisa Picco● Mom, Dad, my brother● Chris Leonard● Luke Nankee● Itzbeth Menjivar● Slavek Jurkowski● Cara Jurkowski● Nina Walton● Trish Duffy● Terry Hodgkins● Will Rinehart● Vic Hyatt● Fred Allen● Brendan Conner● Ryan McCraw
● Betty Duke● Mrs. Dahl● Rob Dubbins● Sasha Stewart● Benjie de Groot● Dan Herman● Federico Mora● Ray Cole● Brad Duty● Dave Pierpont● Chris Metsala● Dina Poma● Dan O'Hara● Heather Greer
