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January 30, 2006
AttentionTrust.org
AttentionTrust is a site i've been looking at for the past few days. It's interesting to think about AttentionData and how it relates to each person, and their digital rights. This fits in nicely with my thesis research and I'm hopeful to see what sorts of discussion this may incite
http://www.attentiontrust.org/about#principles
Our Principles
When you pay attention to something (and when you ignore something), data is created. This "attention data" is a valuable resource that reflects your interests, your activities and your values, and it serves as a proxy for your attention.
AttentionTrust and our members believe that you have the following rights:
1. Property: You own your attention and can store it wherever you wish. You have CONTROL.
2. Mobility: You can securely move your attention wherever you want whenever you want to. You have the ability to TRANSFER your attention.
3. Economy: You can pay attention to whomever you wish and receive value in return. Your attention has WORTH.
4. Transparency: You can see exactly how your attention is being used. You can DECIDE who you trust.
When you give your attention to any entity that's an AttentionTrust member, these rights are guaranteed.
Our Mission
1. Empower people to exert greater control over their "attention data," i.e. any records reflecting what they have paid attention to and what they have ignored. We accomplish this by promoting the principles of user control, by distributing our Attention Recorder, and by supporting the development of other appropriate tools, standards and practices.
2. Educate people about the value of their attention and the importance of attention data.
3. Build a community of individuals and organizations that will guarantee users' rights to own, move, and exchange their attention data, in a transparent environment that gives users the freedom to decide how their data will be used.
Posted by msantram at January 30, 2006 05:11 AM