Another great one. In the brave new A-Spaces, we'll quickly move from freedom of speech to a "right to label". In language we have freedom of expression, but also concepts like liable and slander. Do we really have the right to stick anything ON anyone, and do you want that? How do we manage Ownership of our own surfaces, with multiple overlapping lenses upon them?
Of course we all have to wrestle with labels beyond our control: “Nerd”, “Bro”, “American”, “Immigrant”. But it feels more personal when pinned to our body (plus platform specific) and the viewer sees it but we don’t. It reminds me of the way text was used on social forums to hijack a (((name))) of jewish people. Now you can do it to a body or to someones house. How do we ensure an augment in A-Space is not a scarlet letter “A” that has been up-voted by the most other people in the community who share our view.
I generally agree we shouldn't be reproducing a broken and extractionary system of property rights, but if you agree with Nilay Patel, the killer app for AR is knowing people names when you see them, and maybe how you know them - personal context (There is nothing on this planet I want more). So I think it goes beyond speech to questions of identity. It's all a thought experiment, but how would we live life differently if we know we were being googled by everyone in every room we ever walked into.
This features in the aforementioned fiction I was writing and will be the subject of the next post! Canonical lookups, or, as I call them 'choos'. Stay tuned!
Exciting stuff! Love the thinking and strings of logic. Helped me envision how I’ll teach Spatial Delivery to my kids
See I really think the name needs a spatial/special pun. I like where your head is at!
Another great one. In the brave new A-Spaces, we'll quickly move from freedom of speech to a "right to label". In language we have freedom of expression, but also concepts like liable and slander. Do we really have the right to stick anything ON anyone, and do you want that? How do we manage Ownership of our own surfaces, with multiple overlapping lenses upon them?
Of course we all have to wrestle with labels beyond our control: “Nerd”, “Bro”, “American”, “Immigrant”. But it feels more personal when pinned to our body (plus platform specific) and the viewer sees it but we don’t. It reminds me of the way text was used on social forums to hijack a (((name))) of jewish people. Now you can do it to a body or to someones house. How do we ensure an augment in A-Space is not a scarlet letter “A” that has been up-voted by the most other people in the community who share our view.
Germane: https://noahnorman.substack.com/p/augments-are-speech
More on this specific topic in the next post, where we're digging into the 'say' idea
I generally agree we shouldn't be reproducing a broken and extractionary system of property rights, but if you agree with Nilay Patel, the killer app for AR is knowing people names when you see them, and maybe how you know them - personal context (There is nothing on this planet I want more). So I think it goes beyond speech to questions of identity. It's all a thought experiment, but how would we live life differently if we know we were being googled by everyone in every room we ever walked into.
This features in the aforementioned fiction I was writing and will be the subject of the next post! Canonical lookups, or, as I call them 'choos'. Stay tuned!