Yeah I did notice. This is a style of presenting which is becoming known as The Lessig Method. It must have been great to see Lessig giving that presentation in real life.

It is a cool speech to watch (if only for its speed and and action!). Dick Hardt points to some interesting issues about identity, namely that identity online is based on reputation; what sites you visit; were you hang out; what others think and say about you, which is more trustworthy than what you say about yourself. Identity in the online world doesn’t mimic the real world in that there is no exchange of reputation across different domains. In the online world “identity 1.0″ is based on a direct person-to-site connection. The main problem with online identity is: how can you establish trust in an online environment?

Of course, identity as discussed by Dick Hardt is a very narrow conception of what it means to be/have a Self. It’s not identity in the philosophical or anthropological sense. Online identity according to Hardt is the aggregate of trust-relations you build up at muliple sites. This view doesn’t take into account elements of identity like change and contingency. What exactly then characterises an online identity in the broad sense? This will be the main focus of the research :).
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BTW: did you notice he gives credit to Lawrence Lessig’s presentation style influence at the end? I’ve seen Lessig’s presentation when Creative Commons Netherlands started in 2004. Back then I worked for Kennisland, one of the initiators of CC-NL. I must say, Lessig’s presentation was quite a rush…

http://82.156.122.105:9673/blog/study/371.

“In our gathering about identities, ethics and philosophy some interesting points were discussed.
I will talk some more about certain specifics from Michiel’s notes.

For those interested in identities I would like to point out my blogpost discussing the presentation Dick Hardt gave at OSCON about Identity 2.0. This is at a very practical level and talks about identity, privacy and verifiability. The presentation is well worth watching, it is fun and it has a visionary air about it.”

In our gathering about identities, ethics and philosophy some interesting points were
discussed. I will talk some more about certain specifics from Michiel’s notes. For those
interested in identities I would like to point out my blogpost discussing t…

Nice to see this, I was going to ask you for these notes but now I can continue to be informed.

I told Bibi that she should see the EPIC presentations in the light of privacy and recommendation engines but I’m afraid I sent her off in the wrong direction. The correct URL is: http://www.robinsloan.com/epic/