Stephen Downes

"Come down the rabbit hole with me," invites Tom Watson, as he describes "how federated protocols, local agents, and organisational self-sovereignty could replace the broken funding model." There's a lot to like about this approach, and ideally, our future looks something like this. But wait, there's more. Why limit the model to grant applications for organizations? The existing system of earning degrees and submitting job applications is just as broken. With the right infrastructure support (which I would expect to become a future role for government) this becomes a model that replaces job applications generally. More from Tom Watson on open recommendations. More, from me.