cloud computing and the future of identity
DESCRIPTION
A brief overview of cloud computing, and how it may shape the way we interpret "Identity" based on my interpretation of Balaji Srinivasan's article in Wired, "Software is Reorganizing the World" and an interview Benjamin Bratton gave on "The Cloud, The State, and the Stack"TRANSCRIPT
C L O U D C O M P U T I N G A N D T H E F U T U R E O F
“ I D E N T I T Y ”
S O M E T H I N G C O O L
B Y M A C K E N Z I E B E E R
T H I S I S T H E
C L O U D
R I G H T N O W
H O W W E U S E I TINDIVIDUALS
• Email• Photo sharing• Farmville• Twitter• Software
ORGANIZATIONS
• Store data• Contract
services out
GOVERNMENTS
• Store data• Communicate
S E R V I C E S
SOFTWARE (SaaS)Using applications
PLATFORM (PaaS)Programming tools
INFRASTRUCTURE (IaaS)storage/networks
T Y P E S
PRIVATE
COMMUNITY
PUBLIC
HYBRID
I T ’ S C H A N G I N G
O U R W O R L D
T H E W A Y W E V I E W D A T A
Accessibility
IT’S CHANGING…
Cost Space
C O N N E C T I O N I S N ’ T B A S E D O N P L A C E
Investment
AND NOW…
Collaboration Outpost
SO…
I D E N T I T Y I S N ’ T B A S E D O N P L A C E
DEGREES OF SEPARATION ARE MEASURED BETWEEN
2 NODES IN A
SOCIAL NETWORK
2 POINTS ON
EARTH VS
W H E N G O O D S C A N ’ T B E D I G I T I Z E D
O U R I N T E R F A C E T O T H E M W I L L B E
SO WHAT ABOUT THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE US THOSE GOODS?
B O U N D A R I E S T H A T G O V E R N H O W W E D E F I N E “ I D E N T I T Y ” W I L L B L U R
CITIZEN
CITY
STATE
NATION
STATE
WORLD
CORPORATION
NATION
T H E F U T U R E :
C O N V E R S I O N
STATE BECOMES CLOUD-BASED PLATFORM
OR
CLOUD-BASED PLATFORM TAKES ON PRACTICAL FORMS OF
SOVERINTY
People assemble/connect in ways to better serve
needs/wants
OR
Totalitarian “Cloud Feudalism”
T H E P R O B L E M
I S N ’ T T E C H - B A S E D
I T ’ S P E O P L E - B A S E D
1. SECURITY
2. REGULATION
3. BANDWIDTH
CITIZENS OR COMPANIES
STATE
STATEOR COMPANIES
CITIZENS
CITIZENS OR STATE
COMPANIES
M O V E A W A Y F R O M
CLOUDVS
EARTH
PLATFORM VS
PERSON
C R E A T E S T R U C T U R E S
T H A T H E L P U S N A V I G A T E B E T W E E N T H E M
OR
S O U R C E S / F U R T H E R R E A D I N Ghttp://thoughtsoncloud.com/2014/05/future-cloud-computing-5-predictions/
http://www.slideshare.net/mjskok/2014-future-of-cloud-computing-4th-annual-survey-results
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/8449/20140615/cloud-computing-is-the-future-but-not-if-security-problems-persist.htm
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304908304579566662320279406
http://mthvn.tumblr.com/post/38098461078/thecloudthestateandthestack
http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2013/scratch-two-released-0514
http://airccse.org/journal/ijwest/papers/0101w1
http://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/ibm-cloud/how-use-cloud-better-more-efficient-healthcare/72/
http://m.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/07/the-end-of-the-internet/372301/
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/05/the-right-way-to-make-cities-smart/370900/
http://pando.com/2013/10/03/marc-andreessen-the-world-is-going-to-see-an-explosion-of-countries-in-the-years-ahead /
http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/15/4334356/larry-page-wants-to-set-aside-a-part-of-the-world-for-experimentation
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/08/google-reveals-it-has-a-fleet-of-drones-too.html
https://civic.mit.edu/blog/alexishope/monitorial-citizenship-projects-and-tools
http://www.wired.com/2013/11/software-is-reorganizing-the-world-and-cloud-formations-could-lead-to-physical-nations /
http://www.orgnet.com/sna.html