RE: The Value Of Anonymity In A Collective Intelligence
Anonymity is not ideal. Wish I had 2 separated versions of me.
And this is where PRIVACY comes in the picture.
If we had real privacy, then there would be no need for anonymity. And that would give us a far more humane life alltogether.
From there with the Collective Intelligence you describe an added anonymity to share knowledge in a de-personalised manner would then give even more value to that intelligence since the actual knowledge shared in the collective intelligence is then no longer, affected by the twisted/double anonymity. And gains more value due to peace of mind provided by real privacy.
A mind that is not at ease is far less productive when it comes to intelligence. Take away the external distractions and the mind can go deeper into processing the actual knowledge.
Thus logic and reason then have more value, or real value, without the 'poison' the distractions.
Does that make sense?
That makes 100% sense. Exactly the way I was thinking. If you could participate and not feel the anxiety of social and political pressures you anticipate due to your "thinking" Then you would "think" more. I started to watch a TED talk this morning on blockchain. I stopped about a minute in, the woman said, "as humans we find ways to lower uncertainty about one another so we can exchange value" This is what it is all about. As you say, "deeper into processing the actual knowledge", that is what we do; our brain is a computer, we process. The issue is we are also emotional creatures in a survival environment, in many ways on our own. Privacy to me is something altogether different and has more to do with power struggles and defensive actions. Anonymity on the other hand is an element that allows us to create together. If we were actually creating and working together as humanity, the environment would be altered and privacy may not be the issue it is now. As you said "Thus logic and reason then have more value, or real value, without the 'poison' the distractions". What are the distractions? That is the question. To me, logic is the human language, the code, the blockchain we use to "exchange value" as she said in The TED talk, and it is totally corrupted.
Could we do without anonymity IF we would have real privacy? (As in 100% verifiable privacy) Is that even possible? hehe
Watching the TED thing now, this lady has a very cryptic way of talking at some points in the talk. :-)
Interesting talk yet it sounds like she has a 'hidden agenda' on certain topics where shy cryptically circles around something.
Really I see anonymity and privacy as both existing and serving a purpose, but in two different worlds. The only place I see anonymity as valuable would be within the ecosystem of some sort of Collective intelligence. The only reason I see it as valuable, or the primary reason; is that is severs the attachments to “self”. Anything you propose online now is valued through the lens of how you are perceived. Your race, age, gender, geographic location, past history, political affiliation, etc, etc. You can be discounted from the start just for being “you”. Regardless of whether what you have to say is “logical” or “reasonable”. It really is not about putting forth our “opinions”, it is about building and creating together and we don’t need the attachments to accomplish that. About the video, to be honest once I got to about the one minute mark and heard the quote I posted, I turned it off. I didn’t mean to make you listen to it all. To me all those TED talk people are a little creepy. I think they are attempting to impress us with their non-anonymity, all their attachments and their individual intelligence.
yes, that's why i need some kind of clone, to be able to keep the anonymous me somewhat anonim
I get you. Open you mouth to speak your mind in today's world and there are people lining up to hate you.
Right,
feardom of speech.
However, the more people that hate you make you stronger. You are one person who spends a little time. And all who oppose you spend WAY more time then you. So you could actually enjoy the attention. You don't need it, but as they want to spend their time and energy to hate you. That shows more about them and their BS then about you.
Hate wastes more power then truth. A fact can not be changed by all the hate of the world. And that makes them hate even more.
All they need to do is realise the fact.
Not sure what i'm saying here...
Great comments! When you can take a negative and gain perspective then you have won an important battle.
Negative shit contains a lot of value. :-)
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