Self Sovereign Identity: The Future of Owning your Digital Life - Creative Futurism

John and Kevin are joined by Kaliya Young, aka Identity Woman,  to explore the burgeoning concept of 'Self Sovereign Identity'. Learn how decentralized identifiers and verifiable claims may very well give you the keys to owning your digital identity in the same way you own your physical one.

Related Links:

www.identitywoman.net

www.internetidentityworkshop.com

Full Transcript:

John:

Hello everyone and welcome to this episode of Creative Futurism. This is John Best.

Kevin:

And this is Kevin J. Anderson

John:

And Kevin J Anderson, we talk about how the future and how all this technology comes together. And how it’s very thrilling how what you write about comes true. And right now, we usually do this together. But you’re not with me right now. Where are you?

Kevin:

Well, we’re using technology and connecting through Zoom so we can do this. But it’s sort of an interesting thing that I’m writing about really high-tech science fiction and futurism and all kinds of things like that in my writing. But there comes a time when you just need to sort of unplug and get away from it all so you can actually get work done. So, I’ve had to sort of hall up in a metaphorical room with no windows and pull up the drawbridge. I’m in a mountain cabin up in the Colorado mountains surrounded by snow on the ground. It’s a beautiful perfect place. But there’s not very good phone service and not very good internet service. Which is wonderful because it lets me concentrate on things. And I got like 100 pages edited yesterday. 100 pages edited the day before. I have a killer deadline coming up in a couple of days so I just needed to drop off the face of the Earth. I am emerging to record a podcast because we’ve got a great guest and it took a while to arrange all three of our schedules. So, I am becoming technologically able again for just an hour or so. And then I drop off the face of the Earth once more.

John:

So, can I ask what you’re writing on? Am I allowed to ask what you’re working on at the moment? Or is that like something that’s got to be under wraps?

Kevin:

Well, it’s a really big fantasy novel that I have. So, I guess it’s not science fiction. It’s a medieval mindset with swords and dragons and magic.

John:

Oh, well being in the woods is a perfect place.

Kevin:

700 page manuscript, yep.

John:

So, it’s your version of Game of Thrones.

Kevin:

Well, I will turn mine in on time though. So, there is that extra little-George is a good friend of mine as I think most people know. Going back to lower technology where-in fact, here’s a segway with the fantasy stuff. Because I just watched a really terrible movie. I don’t recommend it. It’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword or something like that.

John:

I saw your Tweet about that. You did not seem like you liked it.

Kevin:

It was actually not a terrible fantasy movie. It just had absolutely nothing to do with King Arthur. But here’s the thing I want to bring up, which will lead us into our guest today. There’s a little conversation I liked where they’re in the bar and they’re talking about getting other people to join the revolution. And they said, ‘Well, we should get Bill to join because he can help out.’ And they went, ‘Bill, the potter’s son? Or Bill with the one finger? Or Bill who makes tapestries?