Rob, perhaps this is something for you to comment on? Michel On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 3:09 AM, Apostolis Xekoukoulotakis < [email protected]> wrote:
I would like to inform you of a project I just started. It aims at decentralizing the flow of information. What this means is solve a very simple problem. Every day, each of us receives a lot of information. How do we evaluate their trustworthiness; Due to our necessary specialization to a specific kind of knowledge, we use our limited knowledge to evaluate the person rather than the information, ie we try to find people that are trustworthy rather than try to understand the subject we are not proficient with. But this leads us to the problem of whether we are able to evaluate a person we dont know.
This project aims at solving this problem. By automating the word of mouth phenomenon, each person will be able to use friends of friends to judge that person instead of trying without result to judge him himself. This will give each person personalized information based on his trust relations, giving him full control of the flow of information he accepts ot rejects.
I am looking forward at having someone review my ideas and proposing me with suggestions. I have looked at the problem from a mathematical point of view, but the most important concepts require a sociologist as you will understand by reading my idea.
You will find my idea at http://opensociety.referata.com . If you think you can help, dont hesitate to contact me.
ps. I have also created a new Economic model that could be the economic basis for the Open Hardware and Manufacturing movement, but I will disclose more information after someone has reviewed the previous.
Yours, Apostolis Xekoukoulotakis
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