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At a more macro level, In a world where this is possible, reputation will be critical.  It’s how we will try to understand what is real.  Sam knows this. Which is why he founded worldcoin.  Whether the orb is the solution can be debated, but….

At a more macro level, In a world where this is possible, reputation will be critical.  It’s how we will try to understand what is real.  Sam knows this. Which is why he founded worldcoin.  Whether the orb is the solution can be debated, but….

https://x.com/sama/status/1758193609927721350?s=46

What isn’t debatable is that we will need know if we are interacting with a human or a computer.  And you won’t be able to trust the content you see unless you can validate how it was generated and the reputation of the author or person sharing it.

So this is much bigger than building a better marketplace.  Verity is built on and is interoperable with the same decentralized identity standard he envisions will be used to discern the truth in a world dominated by AI.  Marketplaces are just one very small piece of this.

If those reputations aren’t built on decentralized, platform-neutral infrastructure, then we’ll all be locked into closed ecosystems run by Microsoft, Meta, Google and Apple.   Which is why he built his identity solution on crypto rails.

I see how reputable news sources are a great application of decentralized reputation-based identity. this is only half of what forms "truth" imo - the base. the other half is about being honest about predicting the future. this is what matters for decisionmakers and what is easy to manipulate. 1/2