Thanks Apostolis. Just felt like informing - midst more and more ( graph based ? ) approaches I see, encouraging transactions while having access to information on reputation ( or past transactions ? ) I recommend also, in the same spirit, though possibly more documented, Robin Upton's work and code for F2F http://www.altruists.org/projects/ge/ff/ http://wiki.friend2friend.net/wiki/Friend2Friend http://friend2friend.net/ or other projects supported by other programmers, such as http://www.automenta.com/netention I posted to ripple list as I hope there can be synergies created through informing on such kind of projects, although I myself am not a programmer. Best, Dante-Gabryell On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Apostolis wrote:

They have no links at all to information about the projects..

2012/1/14 Dante-Gabryell Monson <[email protected]>

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http://enlightenedstructure.org/ *( thanks to IMS for suggesting the link ! )*

Superseding the Scarcity Economy ::: The Trust Exchange *utilizes the network of trust relationships that already exist, making them visible, interlinked and actionable. Most of our decisions are based on collective opinions and discernment, particularly those of friends we trust.*

Introduction copied from pdf

http://enlightenedstructure.org/wp-content/uploads/EnlightenedStructure.pdf * * * EnlightenedStructure.org We live in a time where information is quickly becoming our most valuable resource. Our capacity for information exchange directly affects our level of success in developing and sustaining relationships and organizations. The quality of our communication and the tools we use to augment collaboration influence all our projects and processes. Enlightened Structure is a web of projects which represent new systems for creating, sharing, and interacting with information. Many of the challenges of our age cannot be solved from within the level of their existing systems. These projects serve as platforms to harness our inherent collective intelligence, augmenting our natural human capacities. These platforms offer solutions at a different level, by fundamentally re-engineering creative processes, the exchange of trust, visibility of information, and the operating systems of communities and organizations. The Trust Exchange Superseding the Scarcity Economy The Trust Exchange utilizes the network of human trust relationships that already exist, making them visible, interlinked and actionable. Most of our decisions are based on collective opinions and discernment, particularly those of friends we trust. The Trust exchange brings visibility to your friends’ ratings of products, companies, websites, and more. In turn, you can rate your trust level of a friend or information source in any category, where categories are simply user-created tags. One friend you may trust for their computer knowledge, and another for their culinary capacity. The Trust Exchange amalgamates existing ratings from multiple sources – and ultimately any source – and feeds them into an open platform. Instead of owning your ratings and trust information, like existing online networks and organizations, the Trust Exchange is a simple, powerful, non-proprietary platform for humanity to exchange its trust information. Individuals can choose whether to make ratings publicly available, or share them privately with trusted contacts. The purpose of the Trust Exchange is to support and facilitate the era of transparency that is emerging. Anyone doing research on a purchase can tap into the publicly available ratings of relevant companies, to help them choose a product or supplier aligned with their own values. EnlightenedStructure.org Even corporations can become model citizens when social capital is tied closely enough to revenue. The engine of capitalism then becomes an engine for systemic self-improvement. The Core Network Geometric System Interface The Core Network is a social browser and visual interface based on the geometry and physics of space-time itself. It traces our interactions and relationships with information, displaying them using colors and geometric shapes, and organizing them by shared keywords, categories, and proximity references. The system is designed to enable us to more clearly see how we are related to each other, as well as how closely we are connected, based on personal preferences and community interactions. The interface functions like a multidimensional map, with each user at the center of their own personal browser. Surrounding them, their social and information networks, from people to bookmarked websites, are elegantly displayed in a color-coded geometric matrix. Items they interact with regularly position themselves adjacent to their “avatar” in the honeycomb grid, while items they interact with less often are displayed further away. Each connection in the grid is organically organized by relationship categories based on similar tags or keywords. For ease of display and efficient user referencing, these categories are simply represented by color coded points. The system is designed to aggregate data from a variety of social networks and search engines. It can be used as either a standalone browser, or a module that can be inserted into an existing website or application. Priorities in the interface design are flexibility and ease of use. The map is rendered and displayed with smooth physics-based movement, and reorients itself according to searches or general navigation. The geometric structure, which can be rendered in 2D or 3D, also displays changes in interactions over time. WikiNodes Massively Parallel Creative Collaboration Wikis have revolutionized textual information sharing. Documents created by harnessing collective collaboration far outperform previous modes of knowledge aggregation. Wikipedia has demonstrated the incredible effectiveness of this approach. Just as open source has changed the face of software, and wikis have changed the arena of knowledge sharing, so too is a revolution brewing as creative collaboration becomes possible across all forms of media. WikiNodes is designed to create a boundless and self-evolving container for collective EnlightenedStructure.org intelligence to congregate around any type of project, while retaining the edits and contributions of every individual. In the WikiNodes collaboration platform, contributors do not have to agree on a single version; each author can maintain their own latest version. This “branching” of creative works encourages a diversity of perspectives that can be exchanged and interwoven in a massive creative network. Authors can create unlimited branches, easily view differences between branches, and merge in changes from other versions and authors. The power of remixing. WikiNodes is an engine for massively parallel creative collaboration of all sorts. It harnesses the power of existing systems and workflows currently used for developing software, and applies them to creating media at large. Integration Enlightened Structure is designed as a suite of software startups, each with a separate and clear mission. This suite of companies will serve two purposes: 1) Enlightenment, and 2) Profit. The Trust Exchange, The Core Network, and WikiNodes are the key platform-level projects that, interdependent, build the enlightened technology layer on top of the existing Internet. These platforms will be released open source, free to the world, and all IP will be Creative Commons licensed, so that this enlightened structure layer is itself remixable Free IP. The suite of companies will also include for-profit ventures, which will build on the same platforms, and leverage the expertise within this startup ecosystem. Custom applications can also be created for clients with specialized needs. *

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