Scalable Uplift Prototype project

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Scalable Uplift Prototype project

• Tom Munnecke
• Visiting Scholar
• Stanford University
• Digital Visions Program
• munnecke_at_stanford.edu
• [phone]
• Feb 6, 2003

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Goals of the Prototype

• To create a demonstration platform which seeks to
  discover, filter, and replicate that which is
  uplifting
• Self-organizing, self-propagating
• Open Source software, intellectual property
• Scalable exploits power of scale-free networks
• Based on positive discourse
• Reputation-driven
• Enables trustraising
• Scalable trust mechanism
• Which could trigger a swarm of uplift
• Build on concepts discussed in www.givingspace.org
  

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Basic Building Block Elevators

• Elevators are uplifting actions or ideas
• That which has a reputation for uplift is
  uplifting.
• May span philanthropy, health, education,
  environmental, aid, business and developmental
  activities
• There is an abundance of elevators in the world
• So many elevators, so little understanding
  rather than So many problems, so little money.
• Challenge is to discover and filter from an
  abundance, rather than allocate from concepts of
  scarcity
• Scalable
• Giving a smile low cost, highly scalable
• Discovering HIV/AIDS high cost, one instance

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Major Activities

• Uplift Collaboratory (Jack Park, Sam Hunting,
  Steven Foster, Mark Watson)
• Syndicating Blogs via topics
• Topic maps for elevators
• Vision of Elevator Pattern language
• Text characterization of news, mail re topic
  list
• Uplift Academy Prototype (John Graham, Jeffrey
  Ashe, Nic Fulton)
• Finds and encourage uplift organizations,
  scholars
• Discovers uplift ideas
• Participates in collaboratory, feeds pattern
  system
• Social/Trust Network (John Graham, Victor Grey,,
  Sergio Lub)
• Introduce complementary currency
• Introduce social network/directory
• Common user, community identity

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Uplift Pattern Discovery
Micro Philanthropy (experimentation)
Uplift Academy (Discover Manage topics)
Elevator Collaboratory Discussion,
filtering, mapping
Elevator Pattern Language (Reference)
Reputation Manager Positive and Negative
Complementary Currency Counting what Counts
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Driven by the Positive

• General view of uplift philanthropic,
  educational, health, business, interpersonal
  connections
• Positive Psychology
• Appreciative Inquiry
• Finding Where Virtue is Afoot
• Positive Deviancy
• Positive Core Values of eBay
• We believe people are basically good.
• We believe everyone has something to contribute.
• We believe that an honest, open environment can
  bring out the best in people.
• We recognize and respect everyone as a unique
  individual.
• We encourage you to treat others the way that you
  want to be treated

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Value of Positive Approach

• Builds and broadens ability to deal with
  problems
• Discovers new ways of dealing with old problems
• Complementary currency (thankyous) incentivizes
  interaction.
• Both positive and negative reputations are
  necessary
• Is critical component for the evolution of the
  space that which is uplifting, thrives

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Elevator Collaboratory Development
Initial Prototype
Text Entries tag element (blog)
Publish Elements via Topic definitions
ltupliftgt lt/upliftgt
Collect ltupliftgt tags From many Blogs
Federate topics in common database
Prototype will address concepts for future
enhancements
Topic Map
Database of Uplift ideas
Editors, Reviewers
Elevator Pattern Language
Determine patterns Of Uplift
Validate Elevator patterns, Contexts, via
research, reputation
Starter Kit at www.nexist.org/gs
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Text Characterization
Text characterization process
Topic List derived From ontology and text
Arbitrary Text (web page, news article, Email)
Initial Prototype
Uplift Ontology(ies) (based initially on Starter
kit)
Editors feedback new Topics, enhance ontology
Topics may be used to Search databases,
social networks, reputation Network, etc.
Future Enhancement
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Elevator Topic System

• Emerges from discovery, reputation, interaction
• Based on positive discourse
• Allows multiple ontologies, grass roots as well
  as authoritative sources
• Integrates patterns of uplift with complementary
  currency, reputation
• Patterns, topics are subject to reputation

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Uplift Academy Prototype

• Academy is umbrella organization
• Edits, manages topic maps
• Registrars are trusted organizations which
  support scholars as well as contribute uplift
  ideas
• Provide internet access for scholars
• Organize local activities and events
• Uplift Scholars
• Forage for ideas, What is simplest thing I can
  do which has greatest uplift?
• Are able to publish their ideas via Journals
  (Blog)
• Starter Kit http//www.telascience.org8080/Givin
  gSpace

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Uplift Academy
Uplift Academy
Registration, coordination
Elevator Collaboratory
Uplift Registrars
Coordinates, trains, Local and Internet Access
Uplift Scholars
Uplift academy seeks out uplifting ideas,
propagating them locally and globally via social
and electronic networks.
Local activities
What is simplest thing which will have maximum
uplift?
Starter Kit at http//www.telascience.org8080/Giv
ingSpace
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Social Network/ Reputation Interface

• Starter Kit Interface to Favors Thankyous as
  complementary currency
• Use Favors social directory
• Seamless integration and logons
• Everything has reputation, including patterns,
  organizations
• Starter Kit http//www.favors.org/GS

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Links

• Home Site www.givingspace.org
• Uplift Collaboratory www.nexist.org/gs
• Uplift Academy http//www.telascience.org8080/Gi
  vingSpace
• Friendly Favors http//www.favors.org/GS
• MicroPhilanthropy http//developmentspace.org