The Year of the Internet of People: We predicted the future, now we are making it happen at OS UNIVERSITY

Back in 2016, our project lead published an article on “2017 will be the year of the Sharing Economy 2.0, the Internet of People”.

One year later and 3 billion dollars in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) funding, we turned out to be right about our predictions on where technology, society and economy will steer to.

"The Future is here — it’s just not very evenly distributed, William Gibson once wrote. Hence, you need to know where and when to look in order to connect the dots and see the broader futuristic-turned-realistic picture."

We looked at the Distributed Computing 2.0. revolution that was yet to boom beyond successful pilot projects such as Bitcoin & Ethereum, and we saw the potential for this revolution to disrupt the learning & development system by creating a global academic & career development ledger on the Ethereum blockchain, along with a decentralized educational marketplace on top of it. We envisioned OS.UNIVERSITY.

Here is what we wrote back then on the subject of our “Open Source University” blockchain-based platform, that is now becoming an agreed go-forward ed-tech direction, according to institutions worldwide, ranging from the European Commission to MIT.

"Next logical step would be to pick virtually any sector and figure out how to re-invent it in a meaningful, 21st-century way. Take education, as an example — universities (either though private or public funding) invest hundreds of millions in content, yet tend to keep it exclusive. The core service they offer might be exclusive by choise, but living in the knowledge economy, we can safely assume that it’s only a matter of time for projects, such as the Open Source University, to leverage information technology and empower individuals, corporations, nonprofits and governments with the platform and the information needed to enable the distribution, sharing and reuse of the excess capacity of knowledge products and services, while the concept of ‘wholesale’ Academia start to loose its relevance. Such a setup in the spirit of the Sharing Economy does not directly translate into ‘free higher education for all’, however it does mean significantly lowering the social cost of education through reduced transaction costs and new value, originating as an outcome of more efficient use of untapped/spare productive capacity. Not to mention the common premise that the value of goods increases when the information about them is widely distributed (either though online platforms or other means)."

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