Platform Building

Problem Statement

There are tens of thousands of platforms existing right now that range a wide scope of functions such as social media, e-commerce, services, media, knowledge sharing, online learning, gaming, business collaboration, operating systems and a handful more.

There are 5.4 billion social media users that visit an average of 6.8 different social platforms each month. The digital platforms market is growing and is expected to hit USD 1.2 trillion by 2033. Considering digital platforms impact a larger, wider number of verticals, perhaps we can safely assume that it could directly contribute to 100x to the wider economy, which means we could see USD 100 trillion worth of transactions yearly, worldwide, even before 2033.

As technology exponentially increases in use and capabilities, distrust with governmental bodies also increase due to the over-polarization of the public. Despite the world population increasing, many Western developed nations are facing declining birthrates. Global debt increase, cost of living increase, and value of money decreasing will inevitably force the majority of the world’s population into debt and servitude for the rest of their lives (modern day slavery), unless we adopt the capitalist creed by the masses, for the masses.

We’re enslaved to the banks and governments and though capitalism breeds innovation, capitalism also limits liberties to the general population. A free market also exposes nations to foreign forces which could expose the public to a variety of threats and impede any progress made as a nation. Not all can or want to be business owners and that in my opinion is a major flaw in a capitalistic society. Rewarding only the rich/innovative/gamblers and enslave the simple, is unethical. Also, the need to constantly improve national KPI’s will forever affect the greater population — also increasing debt. The question eventually becomes, what happens when there’s nothing more to sell? Will you throw ethics away?

Governments outsourcing care of their population to greedy entities with little regulation, have (mostly) showcased their selfish agendas of lining their pockets thicker with every passing year — have brought us to where we are — A vicious cycle of rising costs, lies in the media, lowering education standards, blatant corruption, biased laws & enforcers, poison in our foods, gender; sex & race based propaganda, ideological wars and a plethora of other factors. It’s all a ruse I think to keep us suppressed, and many are succumbing, distracted from being united. It could also be a way to introduce new laws to limit freedoms — banning social media altogether, limiting what we say/post online — for instance.

The summation of “Project Kuchiku”, currently incomplete & messy, is to find a way to solve all the issues above through public, community uplifting while still participating in the democratic-capitalistic model for society. Unfortunately I’m unaware of better models.

Introduction

While social media is a great way to unwind and burn some brain cells, I think we should start creating platforms around ‘community thriving’ and ‘topic building’ down each specific verticals all the way down to even etymology/historicity. I’m suggesting building a more social/credible platform similar to Wikipedia or any other Wiki pages, but with societal improvement at its center. Mainly for users to debate thoughts and understand historicities, and for easier understanding & confirmation for future generations. Why? We have to break the cycle that keeps us enslaved, and start discussing bigger, more important issues; and we can only do that when the ignorant stop weighing societies down.

Same shit different generation — whatever we’re going through is not new. From social to personal, there are rights and wrongs. It is time we decide on a path and press on, as ONE ENTITY. Some may argue that life is not binary, and while I would like to agree — only because it develops character/personality/discourse, I would also like to point out that it SHOULD be binary. However, there should be a codex of sorts to help one navigate their way back to the right path, should they go too far astray — instead of heavy therapy/medications, allow them to “find” the truth themselves through an AI designed to promote life.

Initially conceived to put an end to (financial) corruption, I think the same idea could be applied to a variety of things — social/economical/psychological/healthcare and so on. There are many ways to “save the world”, but I think it starts here (AI). The fundamental reasoning to this idea was to find balance, centered in love. As cheesy as it sounds, I think it is the ONLY way, to create an AI based on AGAPE LOVE, truly unbiased.

In a nutshell, this is what I’m suggesting we do. I am suggesting reducing the amount of conflicts (personal & societal) by building an AI that through verified factual data encompassing history, trends, psychology, politics, geography, ideologies etc. to help people navigate their day-to-day lives. This same AI would also collect user data to help mitigate foreseeable problems and help their users navigate through them individually by providing and collecting tangible/factual data. I am suggesting doing this on a blockchain to prevent any tampering to the “social/people engineering” idea. I have also suggested a new method of storing data on the blockchain to maybe? help it become more efficient — cost/environmental. I’m also suggesting a way of life for the future, one with more equity and equality through said AI. One where humans will forever find fulfillment no matter where they search & what they do.

Decentralized Unification — Gemini AI

A) Evolution of Ecosystems

The end goal is to build an (1) ecosystem better than existing ones to help prosper humanity. A healthy ecosystem should encompass everything mankind will need to bring them forward as a species. From food, housing, healthcare, education, jobs, to law, finance, economics, supply chain, real estate and everything else that enriches and protects the human race.

It is quite impossible to achieve 1 ecosystem as we’re such a diverse species. From features, intellect, spirituality, religions, customs, culture, tradition, and much more. However breaking paradigms and eventually reaching 1 should be a goal for the common good. Maybe 2, yin & yang could work too.

Which is why, I’m presenting and suggesting this to the WWW. To the rich, I hope you consider this as a method to help uplift and not just be a passerby, or an onlooker to the devastation that will inevitably come for us all. To the geniuses and hopeful, I hope you combine your talents and build a new foundation for humanity to stand upon. Even if we start out with 50 million different ecosystems, only one will push through to be the most moral system.

It shouldn’t be about thickening your wallets, but about making the peaceful majority happy. Time to experiment not for the sake of money, but for the sake of society. Let’s fine tune the happiness index for everyone. Democracy and equality will prevail.

B) New Engines (Platforms)

Engines are what make things move. While we know what engines in cars look like, do we know what social engines are? Meta is a front runner and I doubt they know how powerful they can become. Instead of tweaking their platforms to benefit the common good, they care more about the moolah. They can’t help it as traditional systems emphasize ROI and not the greater good. Meta can actually step up their game fairly easily and be a social lubricant and a stepping stone for ecosystems of the future. So can Google and other major companies.

But we shouldn’t want that. We have to protect the future from corporate greed.

A good engine is efficient. It consumes little resources and outputs more in range with every iteration. Some have even paired their combustion engines with electric ones to increase efficiency. And this is what we should do.

Whatever ecosystem you build and think of, it has to consume less money to produce more money, or it should consume less time and produce more happiness with every iteration. What is the ‘electric engine’ in a modified ecosystem? I think the answer is in blockchain. Be it a P2P decentralized framework, currency, storage or ledger, I think blockchain is a key for mankind. We just need to design the lock.

A good engine combines multiple inputs, from whatever vertical, forming an ecosystem to benefit the greater good. The best engine will be forged, funded, serviced and expanded by the public.

A good ecosystem should have 2 or more of said engines to serve a purpose. The perfect ecosystem, the 1 “to rule them all” will have thousands of engines working together archiving, piecing, collecting, servicing, collaborating, organizing, managing, balancing, nurturing, protecting and etc. the entire world.

C) New ECUs (AI)

I think building platforms with AI integration to collate data will help bring consensus to individuals on any particular topic. From, “who is a trustworthy babysitter I can get last minute nearby”, to topics like “did the Palestinian keffiyeh really come from Iraq?”. Why is this necessary? I think personally that social media has been a great tool to spread information, misinformation and disinformation.

I think the biggest platform in the future will be aggregator platforms combining information from various sources. It will most definitely be AI powered.

What do I mean by that? Well I certainly do not mean that AI of todays standard would have any place as an aggregator unless of course somehow ChatGPT/ Gemini suddenly introduce a feature that allows users to doom scroll carefully picked content from all across the web.

What I actually mean is that platforms will have AI in the backend sorting data points that monitor the social health (and etc.) of the users from all interactions, understanding/identifying the users psychology, trends, intelligence, interests (and etc.) to help qualify, quantify, direct, limit (and etc.) all users for the purpose of thriving as a species. A control center of sorts.

1. Being able to visualize the health of your community/society will help you manage potential disruption. Freedom of speech should exist but managing that freedom is essential. For instance, social media platforms would have noticed an increase in viewership of the rainbow revolution, pro abortion and etc. and could’ve easily been deterred through carefully curated content and dissemination.
2. Monitoring words from all users to determine overall happiness, social fluctuations etc. but also to identify potential threats to the public. For instance, storming the capital could’ve been deterred if their ‘leader’ issued a warning against it. Or the relevant authorities could’ve been notified and prevented whatever damages incurred.
3. With data, the AI can also predict trends and suggest remedies using its knowledge, combining information from all platforms, it will be able to quickly strategize and provide solutions to quickly extinguish all sorts of problems.
4. While there are many operators for AI currently, if we want to unify the world, we will need ONE central AI. However you envision it, it would be important to have only one brain, eventually. I suppose that is the AI race right now, but these AI’s aren’t exactly intelligent or unbiased. A central AI would be important to ensure the world’s resources are being utilized fairly and rationally, especially once integrated with blockchain.
5. Current governments should not be allowed direct, unrestricted access to an AI governing their nation and there should always be a democratic governance for such an AI. There should be only three parties; operator, public, government. Also, individual identification should be illegal unless stipulated (security/threat/etc) and should be encrypted through Global ID.

I’ve written about why a Global ID is necessary, and though I think it should be implemented by a 3rd party, mainly because I do not trust local governments from corrupting our liberties, it should also be encrypted differently in every platform. For instance, I wouldn’t want Meta to be able to connect me to my WhatsApp AND to my Instagram. Like, I don’t want ads on Instagram based on my chats on WhatsApp. It’s too creepy and feels like an invasion of privacy. And it would technically be programming me instead. Telling me what to do or how I feel, feels inorganic, inhumane behaviour.

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Why is there a need for such a platform as mentioned above?

1. Well, I think platforms should stop instilling and promoting fear for one, by only pushing the truth. And should the truth be frightening, at least the people will be able to collectively take measures/precautions instead of running around like headless chickens and pointing blame. A Global ID would also help credibility on platforms. Like a social merit based on education, experience, etc.
2. It is time for community building. A platform that automatically builds communities based on interests & personality would be far more beneficial as compared to one that constantly polarizes people. Facebook I think still suggests groups that have little to no relevance to the common folk.
3. I think the most important of all, is being able to finally visualize how topics grow backend. I’ve spoken about being able to monitor society’s pulse before. This would be a key component to it.
4. Being able to compartmentalize these topics well, will give us a deeper insight into human psychology and perhaps in the future, to be able to unlock many components around it. Perhaps even understanding the human brain and mind better.

D) Non Financial Information Audit

I also proposed a new technology to help collecting, organizing and studying data quicker. Instead of doing it from the backend, I’ve suggested a way to study data as it comes through. Such a technology doesn’t exist and I’m not even sure it is possible, but I think it would be a breakthrough in terms of auditing non financial data, and for true democracy. I’ve given you my thoughts on its design, of assigning colors to store such data on the blockchain. And here are my reasons for it.

1. Improving credibility by constantly auditing information as its passing through, ensuring bookkeeping, safekeeping and integrity of said information.
2. Being able to form links with relevant information to ensure a follow through, or process/thought flow to also identify missing links.
3. To ensure historicity of topics, and strength of said topics.
4. To test efficiencies and possible hiccups of said technology before implementing it in other verticals, namely administration.

The main reason for this is to reduce any inefficiencies and improve productivity in all administrative purposes. There is plenty of wastage in every ecosystem mainly from human error, and processes.

Also, in a world that could be completely decentralized, we’ll need a more efficient system to help run and manage mankind. I think finding a way to ensure accountability through information audit is integral.

E) Matchmaking

While I do not believe in a caste system, I think that everyone somewhat already has their roles in society by the time they turn 30. Depending on personality, field of interest, area of work, and etc. Dharma of sorts.

We’re already using AI more and more on a daily basis, my suggestion is to allow the AI to learn more about its user for future guidance/navigation. People are having somewhat heart to heart talks with it. I am merely suggesting that the AI document such behaviours and help the user whenever necessary. Suggest potential alternatives to help change user behaviour.

For instance, if the AI detects that a user is showing signs of depression, radicalism, confused on life trajectory, that it guides/teaches the user using sound psychology principles. They’re able to do so by using past interests/queries as a reflectory lesson using key familiarity points, or by suggesting people/pages/forums where such discussions are common, or suggest the user seek professional help IRL.

A key component to matchmaking effectively would be to soon become the place for people to search queries, instead of Googling, but to completely interact with the AI platform itself. The user can answer surveys to collect key traits and build a digital personality profile of the user.

This could help the AI matchmake a host of things with the user. From local clubs/organizations/hobbies/activities to careers/jobs/romantic partners/business partners/professional papers and so on.

I do not know most aspects about building an AI, but to ensure that humanity doesn’t become dependent on it completely, or obsess over it, we should design it correctly. I’ve mentioned it before, but I think the AI should be designed and reflect love in its responses. I don’t mean the romantic kind or the carnal/lustful kind, I mean the same one related to God of the Bible.

How? I do not know, but I kinda do also…But I’ve given my reasons in my writings. My main concern is the intent of the AI when providing response. Anyone using AI knows they’re programmed to have biases. Sometimes the biases are not helping humanity grow, but to confuse and perhaps push a different narrative. It knowing God’s love, would be able to know how much, how little to reveal also, how to explain depending on the user. User specific responses.

I know AI can’t think or understand the way humans do. But it can be programmed to filter things through a “Gods Love” filter. It can be programmed to learn facial features, intonations and human interactions through videos, and gain a better “understanding” of mankind also. Adding more dimensions to help it navigate us further.

F) Future Ecosystems

I want a future that is completely different from the present day. I would like a borderless, community driven, financially free, integrity-centric world. And this is my version of how we can get there.

The world could use some reorganization don’t you think? From regions, to countries, to states, to cities, to districts, to towns, and all the way down to your suburb and neighborhood. If covid has taught us anything is that work can be done whenever, wherever.

If we’re able to build cyclical ecosystems/economies, as many small and large alike, with community and love at the center, we’d be able to allow everything to reorganize themselves constantly until we’ve reached a plateau/ homogeneity.

This is of course everyone assumes their roles in their respective societies, based on occupation, or preferred geographies, or climate etc. Mankind would sort of rearrange itself in although clumsy initially, but would be quite naturally eventually.

A world without power to control is a world with peace. We’ll let North & South Korea, Chyna and other similar countries do their thing. But the rest of us, could enjoy absolute peace. Naturally I don’t think Denmark would want 20 million brown dudes suddenly show up, so there should be some limitations to enter/stay, but imagine a peaceful world, the dirtiest places would be cleaned up, the most corrupt places would have equality, local resources would be returned and even the driest lands would turn green.

And building ecosystems is one of the best ways to reclaim what is rightfully ours from the hands of the dirtiest people on earth. This is my suggestion to compliment the existing system, and hopefully one day, replace it.

I wanted to write about my thoughts behind the economics and future financial structure & systems, but I would like to wait for a professional who can carve out hypotheticals better.

If this is a valid idea, I suggest you build it with love as its foundation, and democracy as one of its main pillar.

It makes sense, right?

This is part of a series under “Project Kuchiku”, a project designed to help Fix the Future through Platform Building.

Please help this imperfect soul try to perfect this project by contributing $1/month here and share this idea of a better future with potential futurists. Arigato =)