· Föderation EN Mo 23.12.2024 18:53:11
The origin of this phrase came from a writeup by our Executive Director @cwebber in "OcapPub: Towards networks of co1nsent" https://gitlab.com/spritely/ocappub/blob/master/README.org
This document described limitations of the present-day fediverse, as well as beginning to sketch how to overcome them.
Föderation EN Mo 23.12.2024 18:54:52
Fundamentally, we believe in consent-based flows. As it turns out, capability security is an excellent mapping to about as much of consent-based flows as can be mapped into technical systems.
Consent is not wholly a technical problem, so a proper system combines tech with social flows.
Föderation EN Mo 23.12.2024 18:55:53
For consent to flourish, trust must flourish also. This is why we reject the term "zero trust systems": we see trust as necessary and fundamental to any cooperating society.
However, trust cannot be injected into a technical system: consent is something built between people and communities.
Föderation EN Mo 23.12.2024 18:58:10
In many ways, OcapPub's vision of "networks of consent" was an attempt to quickly capture as much of the description of how a more consent-based system could be mapped onto the present-day fediverse from visions already-in-progress in the development of Spritely's technology.
Föderation EN Mo 23.12.2024 19:00:13
However, we found that the primary roadblock for OcapPub was the very reason Spritely began as a research project in the first place: it's too hard to build the systems we're describing on top of eg Django, Rails, Node, etc.
We need new architecture where these designs are natural!
Föderation EN Mo 23.12.2024 19:01:14
This is one of the reasons Spritely's tech has been so research-oriented. To deliver the social world ("networks of consent") we want to see online, we also need new technical foundations.
And that's what we've been doing in Spritely: "networks of consent" are a natural fit within our systems!
Föderation EN Mo 23.12.2024 19:02:50
That's it for this value today. If what we're speaking about aligns with you morally, technically, and philosophically, consider supporting Spritely! https://spritely.institute/donate/
See you tomorrow where we will talk about our next value: "healthy communities"!
