sankarshan
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open.substack.com/pub/thetrust... - thinking about the fallout from the new working paper on GenAI and Copyright
One Nation, One License, One Problem: Why India’s Proposed AI–Copyright Framework Cannot Hold
The Hybrid Model promises certainty for creators and developers, but its assumptions collapse under the realities of modern AI systems, global competition and rights governance.
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
open.substack.com/pub/thetrust... - thinking about the fallout from the new working paper on GenAI and Copyright
open.substack.com/pub/thetrust... - an examination of systems from the perspective of span of control.
Systemic Controllers: How Hidden Levers in Digital Infrastructure Create Real-World Risk
Examining the actors, levers and registries that govern your money, identity and models.
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
open.substack.com/pub/thetrust... - an examination of systems from the perspective of span of control.
open.substack.com/pub/thetrust... : examining trust registries as beyond gatekeepers and as integral to the delivery of governance.
The Political Economy of Trust Registries
Trust Registries as Hidden Governance Layer
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:14 AM
open.substack.com/pub/thetrust... : examining trust registries as beyond gatekeepers and as integral to the delivery of governance.
open.substack.com/pub/thetrust... - some thoughts on the design of interoperability in systems.
December 3, 2025 at 8:41 AM
open.substack.com/pub/thetrust... - some thoughts on the design of interoperability in systems.
open.substack.com/pub/thetrust... - on how the infrastructure around identity drives markets.
Identity as Market Infrastructure
The Hidden Architecture Beneath Markets
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
open.substack.com/pub/thetrust... - on how the infrastructure around identity drives markets.
Thinking about delegation and accountability for agentic systems - open.substack.com/pub/thetrust...
November 28, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Thinking about delegation and accountability for agentic systems - open.substack.com/pub/thetrust...
open.substack.com/pub/thetrust... - rethinking the notion of inference and approximation in the context of governance in ecosystems.
Platforms Aren't Neutral
Roblox, Child Safety, and the Governance Failure of Unverified Systems
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 AM
open.substack.com/pub/thetrust... - rethinking the notion of inference and approximation in the context of governance in ecosystems.
open.substack.com/pub/thetrust... - a small plan to put together a set of new essays over the coming months to focus on first principles that help in developing a mental model around architectures for digital trust and digital identifiers.
New Multi-Month Series: The Architecture of the Digital Self
The next decade will be defined by a single macro-shift: institutions are moving from human-interpreted processes to machine-interpreted systems.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
open.substack.com/pub/thetrust... - a small plan to put together a set of new essays over the coming months to focus on first principles that help in developing a mental model around architectures for digital trust and digital identifiers.
open.substack.com/pub/thetrust... “We trust because we cannot verify everything. We trust because we decide to trust.”
Against Proofware
The Case for Ambiguity, Friction, and Human Trust
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:48 AM
open.substack.com/pub/thetrust... “We trust because we cannot verify everything. We trust because we decide to trust.”
open.substack.com/pub/thetrust... - on designing for digital guardianship in the era of AI agents and systems
The Circle of Care
Designing Digital Guardianship in the Age of First-Person Credentials and Agentic AI
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November 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
open.substack.com/pub/thetrust... - on designing for digital guardianship in the era of AI agents and systems
open.substack.com/pub/thetrust... : got around to writing down the thoughts and notes from many conversations over the past month.
The Citizen Reassembled
Nationalism, Populism, and the Architecture of First-Person Credentials
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November 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
open.substack.com/pub/thetrust... : got around to writing down the thoughts and notes from many conversations over the past month.
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"A new dataset, visualized as maps, reveals the extent to which African workers are indirectly employed in the tech sector, doing content moderation, customer service, and data annotation for AI models, among other jobs." restofworld.org/2025/big-tec...
April 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
"A new dataset, visualized as maps, reveals the extent to which African workers are indirectly employed in the tech sector, doing content moderation, customer service, and data annotation for AI models, among other jobs." restofworld.org/2025/big-tec...
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World’s Coral Reefs Suffer Worst Bleaching on Record
"Scientists say this is the most severe global coral bleaching event ever observed, with reefs from the South Pacific to the Caribbean turning white." More via @realitystudies.bsky.social:
www.realitystudies.co/p/hot-planet...
"Scientists say this is the most severe global coral bleaching event ever observed, with reefs from the South Pacific to the Caribbean turning white." More via @realitystudies.bsky.social:
www.realitystudies.co/p/hot-planet...
Hot Planet Update: South Asian Heatwave, Worst-Ever Coral Bleaching Event, Indigenous Leaders Demand End to Oil & Gas Drilling, 1 in 2 Americans Breathe Unhealthy Air, & More
A roundup of what happened, why it matters, and key context for climate change news during the week of April 19-16.
www.realitystudies.co
April 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
World’s Coral Reefs Suffer Worst Bleaching on Record
"Scientists say this is the most severe global coral bleaching event ever observed, with reefs from the South Pacific to the Caribbean turning white." More via @realitystudies.bsky.social:
www.realitystudies.co/p/hot-planet...
"Scientists say this is the most severe global coral bleaching event ever observed, with reefs from the South Pacific to the Caribbean turning white." More via @realitystudies.bsky.social:
www.realitystudies.co/p/hot-planet...
Quite the eye rolling read this is - time.com/7280114/dona...
April 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Quite the eye rolling read this is - time.com/7280114/dona...
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The Indic Writing Systems Campaign 2025 rallied Wikimedians to improve coverage of South Asian scripts across Wikipedia and Wikidata. With more than 1,900 edits and dozens of new articles, the campaign helped bring ancient scripts into digital memory. Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/Dkaf
April 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Indic Writing Systems Campaign 2025 rallied Wikimedians to improve coverage of South Asian scripts across Wikipedia and Wikidata. With more than 1,900 edits and dozens of new articles, the campaign helped bring ancient scripts into digital memory. Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/Dkaf
The Bahrisons outlet on Park Street Kolkata is a very underwhelming experience. The shelves are mostly popular reads and given the constraints of space there’s hardly a good book display. And that Blue Tokai gets much too loud.
April 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Bahrisons outlet on Park Street Kolkata is a very underwhelming experience. The shelves are mostly popular reads and given the constraints of space there’s hardly a good book display. And that Blue Tokai gets much too loud.
This new craze of voluntarily uploading one’s images (presumably forsaking copyright and ownership) to get a stylised output which has a bunch of legal issues reminds me of a previous fad around “how will you age” social media game on another network. Nothing changes.
March 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This new craze of voluntarily uploading one’s images (presumably forsaking copyright and ownership) to get a stylised output which has a bunch of legal issues reminds me of a previous fad around “how will you age” social media game on another network. Nothing changes.
AI101 for New York is around 8 hours delayed from Delhi. How in the world does a major airline end up with such delays and no capacity to handle it? This will of course mean that AI102 will be similarly delayed out of New York.
March 15, 2025 at 5:01 AM
AI101 for New York is around 8 hours delayed from Delhi. How in the world does a major airline end up with such delays and no capacity to handle it? This will of course mean that AI102 will be similarly delayed out of New York.
It is kind of fascinating to contrast “rubric of decentralisation” conversations in the decentralised ID world with the creation of strategic reserve of cryptocurrencies, launches of meme coins by leaders and State backed adoption of cryptocurrencies.
March 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It is kind of fascinating to contrast “rubric of decentralisation” conversations in the decentralised ID world with the creation of strategic reserve of cryptocurrencies, launches of meme coins by leaders and State backed adoption of cryptocurrencies.
Some more thoughts on the Indian micro brands and watches. At this point none of the brands have watches with case sizes under 36mm. Most of them use a NH35* movement - that should make it reasonably easy to have this case diameter with nicer lug to lug distance. But they do not.
Currently, many watches from Indian micro-brands are available for sale in primary and secondary markets. So I put together a table (docs.google.com/.../1k38Bxy1...) to determine if there are any commonalities in watch sizes, movements, and types.
March 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Some more thoughts on the Indian micro brands and watches. At this point none of the brands have watches with case sizes under 36mm. Most of them use a NH35* movement - that should make it reasonably easy to have this case diameter with nicer lug to lug distance. But they do not.
Currently, many watches from Indian micro-brands are available for sale in primary and secondary markets. So I put together a table (docs.google.com/.../1k38Bxy1...) to determine if there are any commonalities in watch sizes, movements, and types.
March 4, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Currently, many watches from Indian micro-brands are available for sale in primary and secondary markets. So I put together a table (docs.google.com/.../1k38Bxy1...) to determine if there are any commonalities in watch sizes, movements, and types.
Lovely discussion on the ToIP call this morning about the notions of storytelling, using images as aids to narrative and ensuring that complex topics can be explained without lossy transmission. “Digital Trust” is a topic that can quickly become too technical.
February 6, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Lovely discussion on the ToIP call this morning about the notions of storytelling, using images as aids to narrative and ensuring that complex topics can be explained without lossy transmission. “Digital Trust” is a topic that can quickly become too technical.