[Kbi-webcivics] book: Socially Extended Epistemology & related thoughts

[Timothy Holborn]

Harry Halpin[1] alerted me to his contribution in this book[2]; ""Solving
the Frame Problem Socially" is about how our collective shaping of the net
socially solves one of the hardest philosophical problems in AI." which is
described more in page 6 in the preview[3].

The best description of what it is harry does, that i could find, was the
researchgate[4] link.  He was instrumental to an array of works at w3c
which continue to track well, yet he maintained strong views about DRM and
the web[5] alongside what appears to be a continually interesting series of
experiences[6] where he gets held-up[7] in customs more times than any
psychiatrist would believe, save the circumstances of his public profile;
and worked closely with others such as Aaron Swartz[8] whose story can be
found in a film[9] whilst the memory of the very serious challenges
involved in trying to do something good, is well known to those who are
good at it[10].

My Draft text in a document i'm working on to support means that may result
in some economic studies (part of any projected financials and related
business modelling) with respect to the deployment of decentralised
information management systems that support human ownership and operation
of their data; includes the following draft comments about 'social
encryption'.

SOCIAL ENCRYPTION

A lesser considered real-world fact, is that human beings are more complex
than our computers; and as social-organisms, making use of our real-world
environment alongside other senses; in a manner ICT networks and sensors
continue to make attempts to mimic; it is considered to be amongst the most
rudimentary of core assumptions that we are able to rely upon our means to
form a shared comprehension of what it is we consider to be constituents of
our ‘reality’ and that where it is the case that sufficient evidence be
provided to any forum, that we are therefore able to make considerations
that share a level of consensus between those involved.   it is also the
case that the means through which we are ‘programmed’ as to provide a means
for us to do so; is different to the way online systems are developed to
mimic and support the needs and ‘best interests’ of their operators, who
in-turn are bound by law to maintain critical characteristics that are
different, to what it means for all of us, to be human. Computers care-less
for children; other than as may be computed to be provided stimulus, as to
warrant more ‘economic attention’.

By decentralising the web the means to build social-encryption is thought
to be amongst the most important underlying pillars required for
socioeconomic growth.
_______

Henry Story has recently pointed me to his current works[11].

If anyone is aware of work within Australia that is attending to this field
of study, let me know.  Its difficult work to do in an isolated fashion;
save circumstances where useful outputs are produced in a format that
enables other teams to thereafter seek funding for their needs to take-up
the project in formats that make it no less difficult to do the next pieces
of work; employed overtime, by others locally to do the same.  My hope is
the economic works will highlight in a form of 'opportunity evaluation'
(which is a method tutored in courses such as 'masters of entrepreneurship
and innovation') that will in-turn build momentum.  The problems that
continue to be important with respect to 'why isoc?' - include (but are not
limited to) the articulation of 'what is commons', and how is it discovered
in machine-readable forms; the means to address the very series challenges
that relate to any proper undertaking of works in the field of computing
security technological approaches; alongside other important
considerations, across the board, that are envisaged to be part of the
policy dependent future making activities undertaken by locals, as 'cloud'
gets pushed back out to the edge[12].


Tim.

[1] https://twitter.com/harryhalpin/status/1034137669301952518
[2]
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/socially-extended-epistemology-9780198801764?cc=fr&lang=en

[3]
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=S2FmDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA84&lpg=PA84#v=onepage&q&f=false

[4] https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Harry_Halpin
[5]
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jun/06/html5-drm-w3c-open-web
[6] https://re-publica.com/en/member/4919
[7]
https://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/15/new-twist-in-british-spys-case-unravels-in-u-s/

[8] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2010Dec/0063.html
[9] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv6t21xXogY
[10] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW6e1GCpqpE&feature=youtu.be&t=5h14m
[11] *https://medium.com/@bblfish/epistemology-in-the-cloud-472fad4c8282
<https://medium.com/@bblfish/epistemology-in-the-cloud-472fad4c8282> *
[12] https://vimeo.com/196002313

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