Imagine a future - where humans truly have a completely shared knowledge base. This knowledge base is still being updated and growing.
1. Publicity is protection
When a person has a new idea or discovery, he will actively publish it. Because the first time you publish it, you get an affirmation like a copyright registration. You can better protect your intellectual property.
Knowledge is no longer something that is exclusive, has barriers, and needs to be hidden.
2. Diversity of value
Every person is unique and there is no need for an accepted standard of human value. Conversely, it is only with a more open knowledge base that more unique needs can be met.
For example, if a person writes a poem, it may be hard to get mainstream recognition, but if the poem resonates with a few people and gives comfort or inspiration to others, then it is valuable.
3. Instant sharing creates new value
Wouldn't it be wonderful if the world really became like this one day?
Humans truly share knowledge and inspire each other. Like stepping up a ladder one foot at a time. No longer would we need to do repetitive work in order to compete, but rather add to the public knowledge base through creativity, through interest, and through the accumulation of little flashes of light. The byproduct of a failed scientific research project can be the beginning of another great discovery, collaboratively enhancing overall research efficiency. One person's idea may be an important inspiration to another person.
1. Decentralized storage
Publicly publish information based on an open decentralized protocol, using a blockchain to store content such as articles and record information such as updated versions.
2. Updateable dynamic referencing
The content of an article, supported like the underlining of reading, can be partially quoted by another article of another person. Thus, knowledge can be reorganized and recreated.
Such citation should be bidirectional. Readers of the original article can more easily follow the trail to another article. The reader of the article using the citation can also trace the information upward to its context as needed.
If the quoted content is updated, there should be a version update alert for the quoted content in the article using the citation. Citation scenarios can be restored and change dynamics traced based on the citation's timestamp.
3. Equitable distribution
Thanks to the native cryptocurrency property of blockchain, more possibilities of value distribution can be explored. Value can be shared in a deeper combination with contributions, involving every contributor on the chain.
There is no doubt that this will be a much larger knowledge base than Wikipedia. Because of the completely decentralized, tree-structured design, how to make knowledge more fully accessible to those who need it becomes the most important question.
There is no doubt that the search technology of the web1 era is well suited for a fully open content base. With the help of AI's semantic analysis technology, more search techniques are currently available.
Thanks to the huge network of dynamic references, users can start exploring the entire knowledge base from any article without the need for pre-set breadcrumbs. Of course, there are also more visualized nets of information available to assist in navigating the entire knowledge network more intuitively and efficiently.
There is a category of people who may not directly create content in the era of web3, but through their creative curation, knowledge is organized and aggregated and recommended in a unique way. They may be knowledge buyers, serious academic editors, or topic curators, in short, they are curators of knowledge.
The editors of traditional academic journals can directly pre-collect published articles by authors or invite authors to write on specific topics as needed. Of course, they can also invite reviewers to comment on the content of the article or revise it. The original process with the professional editors of SCIENCE could be consistent, except for the disclosure.
Perhaps more curatorial brands that focus on a more vertical aspect of a scientific direction could also emerge.
Any individual or institution could curate a brand of content in a variety of styles according to a unique aesthetic, just like an art gallery.
Game making techniques? A decentralized community governance experience? Or the observation of a cosmic enthusiast?
I'm sure you'll have even better ideas if you read this.
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