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This site is concerned with exploring the concept of an information economy; to look at 'information' - how it is measured; how value is assigned; how credibility is established, and more - across disciplines, including but not limited to: economics, memetics, ecology, physics, public sector vs private sector, philosophy, cognition theories, risk communication, security, secrecy vs transparency. And, if possible, in doing so create a common, multi-disciplinary scaffolding for future policy dev
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Well, as usual it's late. I always have ideas earlier, but I never seem to have the motivation to add them, until I should be getting some sleep...
Going back to the personal information mutual fund concept, I am currently reading "The End of Privacy
How Total Surveillance Is Becoming a Reality" by Reg Whitaker. It's really well written, and he provides a great deal of insight on a subject I have been researching for two years. Considering the book was published in 1999, I could have saved myself a lot of research had I found the book earlier. I'm not done reading it yet, but I'm hoping he didn't take all the thunder, and there's still room for me to add to the subject.
Anyway, reading the book, he points out how contrary to what those of us who surf daily or even have computers in our homes, are really a small fraction of the global population, and universal access to the net is no where close to be completed in this country. So, actually trying to set up the infrastructure to make personal information accounts work, requires providing access to the web. Well, thinking about it (as usual over a few beers in the best tradition of some of my favorite authors), it makes sense to adopt the banking community's ATM (Automated Teller Machine) technology. Provide people an account, a PIN number and put in place 'info teller machines', and people w/o home/work access to the web could update their personal info on the nearest machine; on the way home form shopping, dropping the kids of at day care or coming home form work, whatever...But, it's cheap infrastructure now a days.
Going back to the personal information mutual fund concept, I am currently reading "The End of Privacy
How Total Surveillance Is Becoming a Reality" by Reg Whitaker. It's really well written, and he provides a great deal of insight on a subject I have been researching for two years. Considering the book was published in 1999, I could have saved myself a lot of research had I found the book earlier. I'm not done reading it yet, but I'm hoping he didn't take all the thunder, and there's still room for me to add to the subject.
Anyway, reading the book, he points out how contrary to what those of us who surf daily or even have computers in our homes, are really a small fraction of the global population, and universal access to the net is no where close to be completed in this country. So, actually trying to set up the infrastructure to make personal information accounts work, requires providing access to the web. Well, thinking about it (as usual over a few beers in the best tradition of some of my favorite authors), it makes sense to adopt the banking community's ATM (Automated Teller Machine) technology. Provide people an account, a PIN number and put in place 'info teller machines', and people w/o home/work access to the web could update their personal info on the nearest machine; on the way home form shopping, dropping the kids of at day care or coming home form work, whatever...But, it's cheap infrastructure now a days.
