[P2P-F] Open Decentralized Society

Michel Bauwens michelsub2004 at gmail.com
Tue May 31 05:37:21 CEST 2011


Rob,

perhaps this is something for you to comment on?

Michel

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 3:09 AM, Apostolis Xekoukoulotakis <
xekoukou at gmail.com> 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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