Dandelion Mane (@decentralion), founder of SourceCred, joins Erik on this mind-expanding episode about identity. Dandelion explains how they came upon the idea for a decentralized reputation system and how it could change how people live — both online and in the real world.

Dandelion explains some potential improvements that could be made to online communities to improve the level of discourse and avoid the outrage mobs that are currently too prevalent in those communities.

They also talk about a number of other topics around identity in general, like how one's name affects how you think, the many sides of any given person, and why you should choose your own name.

Mentioned In This Episode:

- Seeing Like A State by James Scott

- Black Mirror Season 3 Episode 1: Nosedive

- Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow

- Accelerando by Charles Stross

- Homesteading in the Noosphere by Eric Raymond

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Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg and is produced by Brett Bolkowy.