Observing Together: Co-Creation as the missing ingredient in data sustainability
summary
Argues that durable data needs co-creation rather than just storage, and demonstrates a working prototype called OB cityi and DSi (over 1,000 downloads and >5× forks) that uses IPFS + edge compute to let communities run protein‑folding and climate sensors they trust. Proposes shifting from identity‑tied provenance to mesh of logical clocks and pseudo‑anonymous contribution so context is built by many independent curators, not a single hub, and shows this approach is practical at small scale.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and thesis
- 1:05Technical triviality vs sociological challenge
- 3:14Language culture and humanity
- 5:59Trust finance and censorship
- 8:05Context over content in big data
- 9:07Solutions: IPFS and stakeholdership
- 10:33Pseudo anonymity and Hermetic tradition
- 11:38Prioritizing relentlessness in science
- 12:40Distributed logical clocks and context
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