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HOW TO AVOID A WEB 3.0 BABEL:
TRANSCLUSIONS AND FOLKSONOMIES
IN A CONTENT-ADDRESSES
AND BLOCK-CHAINED WORLD
November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
A l e s s a n d r o C o n f e t t i
2
Matteo Gianpietro Zago - Why the net giants are worried about the Web 3.0Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
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Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
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Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
The5ParadoxesofDigitalContent
5
1
centralized 

data silos
Available
everywhere
but stored in
very few
places
2
permanent &
distributed web
Easy to find
only if
it remains
in the same
place
3
metadata &
semantic web
Easy to
search
but hard
to catalog
4
digital rights
management
Cheap to
duplicate
but costly to
attribute
5
sw & hw
obsolescence
Storage
& access
are both
encoded
Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
TRANSCLUSIONS?
6
Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
7
Vannevar Bush [1890-1974]

(This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3a37339.)
Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
There is a growing mountain of research. But there is
increased evidence that we are being bogged down today as
specialization extends. The investigator is staggered by the
findings and conclusions of thousands of other workers—
conclusions which he cannot find time to grasp, much less to
remember, as they appear. Yet specialization becomes
increasingly necessary for progress, and the effort to bridge
between disciplines is correspondingly superficial.
8
Vannevar Bush, As we may think [The Atlantic 1945]
Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
MEMEX
9
(Original illustration of the Memex from the Life reprint of "As We May Think")
Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
10
Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
MEMEX’s trails 

were supposed to “print” and preserve 

for future generations

the associative thinking of scientists
11
Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
12
Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
13
Ted Nelson [1937-present]

(The Tech Museum of Innovation on February 19th, 2011.)
Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
PROJECT XANADU
14
Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
The curse of Xanadu [WIRED 1995]
15
Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
16
Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
TUMBLERS
17
Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
type address description
Node 1.2368.792.6 This is the computer with the number
2368.792.6
User 1.2368.792.6.0.6974.383.1988.352 This is user 6974.383.1988.352 on
the above computer.
Document 1.2368.792.6.0.6974.383.1988.352.0.75 The user's document number 75.
Document
Revision
1.2368.792.6.0.6974.383.1988.352.0.75.2 Version 2 of the document.
Document
Fragment
1.2368.792.6.0.6974.383.1988.352.0.75.2.0.1.15 Byte 15 of document 75 v2
Link 1.2368.792.6.0.6974.383.1988.352.0.75.2.0.2.15 Link number 15 belonging to
document 75 v2
Xanadu’s transclusions 

were supposed to be bi-directional persistent
links between portions of content and authors, 

making the associative mind of people
accessible from the network
18
Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
19
Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
The original idea was to make the internet just super bare
bones. So the initial internet had no representation of people.
There was no membership concept. There was no identity
concept. There was no sense of authentication. There was
certainly no implementation of commerce solutions. There was
nothing. It was just very, very raw. And in that spirit of keeping
everything as minimal as possible, the web protocol committed
a primal sin of not having backlinks.
20
Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
Jaron Lanier - We need to have an honest talk about our data [Wired 2018]
ipfs://QmYwAPJzv5CZsnA625s3Xf2nemtYgPpHdWEz79ojWnPbdG
21
Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
22
Alessandro Confetti - April 13th 2018 – Codemotion, RomeAlessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
dat://778f8d955175c92e4ced5e4f5563f69bfec0c86cc6f670352c457943666fe639
23
Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
24
Alessandro Confetti - April 13th 2018 – Codemotion, RomeAlessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
25Courtesy of blockchainhub.net
Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
26
Alessandro Confetti - April 13th 2018 – Codemotion, RomeAlessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
27
Alessandro Confetti - April 13th 2018 – Codemotion, RomeAlessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
Are we building a Web 3.0 

for future generations?
28
Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
FOLKSONOMIES?
29
Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
30
Alessandro Confetti - April 13th 2018 – Codemotion, RomeAlessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
31
Alessandro Confetti - April 13th 2018 – Codemotion, Rome
Folksonomies
ML classification
Ontologies
Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
32LEXX Editor for the OED (1985/1986), sample entry (segment of)
Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
THE 4WS TAGS FOLKSONOMY
33
01WHO
03WHERE
04WHEN
.
02WHAT
Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
The human mind […] operates by association. With one item in
its grasp, it snaps instantly to the next that is suggested by the
association of thoughts, in accordance with some intricate web
of trails carried by the cells of the brain. […]

One cannot hope thus to equal the speed and flexibility with
which the mind follows an associative trail, but it should be
possible to beat the mind decisively in regard to the
permanence and clarity of the items resurrected from storage.
34
Vannevar Bush, As we may think [The Atlantic 1945]
Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
$ tail -f questions
35
Alessandro Confetti
aconfet@thoughtworks.com
twitter @zigolab 

blog http://blog.zigolab.it
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How to avoid a web 3.0 babele transclusions and folksonomies in a content-addressed and block-chained world

  • 1. HOW TO AVOID A WEB 3.0 BABEL: TRANSCLUSIONS AND FOLKSONOMIES IN A CONTENT-ADDRESSES AND BLOCK-CHAINED WORLD November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin A l e s s a n d r o C o n f e t t i
  • 2. 2 Matteo Gianpietro Zago - Why the net giants are worried about the Web 3.0Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 3. 3 Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 4. 4 Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 5. The5ParadoxesofDigitalContent 5 1 centralized 
 data silos Available everywhere but stored in very few places 2 permanent & distributed web Easy to find only if it remains in the same place 3 metadata & semantic web Easy to search but hard to catalog 4 digital rights management Cheap to duplicate but costly to attribute 5 sw & hw obsolescence Storage & access are both encoded Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 6. TRANSCLUSIONS? 6 Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 7. 7 Vannevar Bush [1890-1974]
 (This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3a37339.) Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 8. There is a growing mountain of research. But there is increased evidence that we are being bogged down today as specialization extends. The investigator is staggered by the findings and conclusions of thousands of other workers— conclusions which he cannot find time to grasp, much less to remember, as they appear. Yet specialization becomes increasingly necessary for progress, and the effort to bridge between disciplines is correspondingly superficial. 8 Vannevar Bush, As we may think [The Atlantic 1945] Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 9. MEMEX 9 (Original illustration of the Memex from the Life reprint of "As We May Think") Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 10. 10 Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 11. MEMEX’s trails 
 were supposed to “print” and preserve 
 for future generations
 the associative thinking of scientists 11 Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 12. 12 Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 13. 13 Ted Nelson [1937-present]
 (The Tech Museum of Innovation on February 19th, 2011.) Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 14. PROJECT XANADU 14 Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin The curse of Xanadu [WIRED 1995]
  • 15. 15 Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 16. 16 Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 17. TUMBLERS 17 Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin type address description Node 1.2368.792.6 This is the computer with the number 2368.792.6 User 1.2368.792.6.0.6974.383.1988.352 This is user 6974.383.1988.352 on the above computer. Document 1.2368.792.6.0.6974.383.1988.352.0.75 The user's document number 75. Document Revision 1.2368.792.6.0.6974.383.1988.352.0.75.2 Version 2 of the document. Document Fragment 1.2368.792.6.0.6974.383.1988.352.0.75.2.0.1.15 Byte 15 of document 75 v2 Link 1.2368.792.6.0.6974.383.1988.352.0.75.2.0.2.15 Link number 15 belonging to document 75 v2
  • 18. Xanadu’s transclusions 
 were supposed to be bi-directional persistent links between portions of content and authors, 
 making the associative mind of people accessible from the network 18 Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 19. 19 Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 20. The original idea was to make the internet just super bare bones. So the initial internet had no representation of people. There was no membership concept. There was no identity concept. There was no sense of authentication. There was certainly no implementation of commerce solutions. There was nothing. It was just very, very raw. And in that spirit of keeping everything as minimal as possible, the web protocol committed a primal sin of not having backlinks. 20 Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin Jaron Lanier - We need to have an honest talk about our data [Wired 2018]
  • 22. 22 Alessandro Confetti - April 13th 2018 – Codemotion, RomeAlessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 24. 24 Alessandro Confetti - April 13th 2018 – Codemotion, RomeAlessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 25. 25Courtesy of blockchainhub.net Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 26. 26 Alessandro Confetti - April 13th 2018 – Codemotion, RomeAlessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 27. 27 Alessandro Confetti - April 13th 2018 – Codemotion, RomeAlessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 28. Are we building a Web 3.0 
 for future generations? 28 Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 29. FOLKSONOMIES? 29 Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 30. 30 Alessandro Confetti - April 13th 2018 – Codemotion, RomeAlessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 31. 31 Alessandro Confetti - April 13th 2018 – Codemotion, Rome Folksonomies ML classification Ontologies Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 32. 32LEXX Editor for the OED (1985/1986), sample entry (segment of) Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 33. THE 4WS TAGS FOLKSONOMY 33 01WHO 03WHERE 04WHEN . 02WHAT Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 34. The human mind […] operates by association. With one item in its grasp, it snaps instantly to the next that is suggested by the association of thoughts, in accordance with some intricate web of trails carried by the cells of the brain. […]
 One cannot hope thus to equal the speed and flexibility with which the mind follows an associative trail, but it should be possible to beat the mind decisively in regard to the permanence and clarity of the items resurrected from storage. 34 Vannevar Bush, As we may think [The Atlantic 1945] Alessandro Confetti - November 20th 2018 – Codemotion, Berlin
  • 35. $ tail -f questions 35 Alessandro Confetti aconfet@thoughtworks.com twitter @zigolab 
 blog http://blog.zigolab.it
  • 36. WE ARE HIRING IN ITALY! i n f o - i t @ t h o u g h t w o r k s . c o m TECNOLOGY RADAR VOL19 https://info.thoughtworks.com/technology-radar-subscription.html