Really good article on the noun-like characteristics of self-sovereign identity, and how they tend to displace the verb-like attributes of identity, especially in low-friction systems like code (as opposed to law).
https://philipsheldrake.com/2020/11/the-dystopia-of-self-sovereign-identity-ssi/
Cc nostr:nprofile1qqsqddupn4l3cl65wggcyehd009g0pwuatsfudh28f90vewx68vrylqprfmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuem9w3skccne9e3k7mf0wccszenhwden5te0ve5kcar9wghxummnw3ezuamfdejj7mnsw43rzufkd43hywr5d3erxmp5va6hxvmnveh8wd3hxue8xdm6v9jnv6r3de3k6ae4wa4rydm9df6kgdthvduxvdm3xph8sdmyx5lkyun0v9jxxctnws7hgun4v5q3gamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k7nznd8h
Too tired from work to finish reading but the first part was pretty good!
TL;DR can you summarize it?
He does make it harder than it needs to be. He's basically just advocating for caution with SSI. Here are some good quotes:
Is my nostr keypair an SSI? Do I need to be cautious of something I'm unaware of?
SSI comes from the web3 world, and yeah, I think it's the same idea. I wrote about this a while ago in nostr terms: https://habla.news/u/hodlbod@coracle.social/1687802006398
Really good, thanks. The article is a bit of a mess but that totally fits given its key assertion that we ourselves are a bit of a mess!
