Re: Mosaic Intro

Hi Adam,

Welcome!

It looks like inrupt and Mosaic have very similar goals, we should compare notes. Kelly can help us connect live.

Thanks,

John

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> On Feb 9, 2019, at 5:46 PM, Adam Lake <adam@mosaic.social> wrote:
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> 
> Hi All, 
> 
> It is great to see so many passionate and capable people in this group. I am sorry to have missed the kick-off call but hope to make the next one. 
> 
> My interest in Solid is the power of its principles to enable a more free, open, and cooperative Web and world. To me it represents the promise of coming closer to the original vision for the Web, a platform that would increase human capacity, our political and economy health, and our collective intelligence. My assessment is that individual sovereignty on the Web, an extension of civil rights in the digital age, is a fundamental requirement to achieving these broader social ends. Solid’s data ownership and data portability architecture are critical pieces of the puzzle. I am probably preaching to the choir! 
> 
> My role is to help “bring people together to build the next generation Web”. You can learn more here https://mosaic.social/ <https://mosaic.social/>. The objective of Mosaic is to connect teams, technologies, and financing to bring user-centrc (“Self Sovereign”) P2P apps to market. My hope is to facilitate the connection between disparate parties that may not know about each, but who together can provide all of the necessary ingredients required to brings Solid apps to market, have a sustainable business model, and designed to maximize social well being. The technology is critical, but so are funding, business models, marketing, and psychologists who specialize in human-centered design. 
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> The Mosaic website was launched to communicate a basic technology framework (very much still open for debate) and some app concepts to spark the imagination and get dialogue going about what app ideas have the most support (e.g, existing technology, funding, and public demand). I am heavily leaning toward starting with a decentralized Facebook application because it exemplifies the struggle for the future of the Web and because an alternative, or anti, facebook is a simple concept for people to understand. However, choosing this app presents some challenges as there are deep problems around distributed search, fake news, and identity to solve. These issues may prove to be intractable problems but I think it’s worth systematically exploring whether a good decentralized and Solid-based Facebook could be designed. Opinions on these topics are most welcome! 
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> I would gladly engage with others in this group around these high level design considerations as well as sustainable and equitable business models for bringing Solid apps to market. 
> 
> Kind Regards, 
> Adam Lake
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