Read these critical prerequisites first to get a deeper understanding.Why the “metaverse” failed »The goal of Synapse »A social operating systemWhat if one could give the user a sense of community without the burden of a fully immersive virtual world?Wall ...
Start by reading this first »VeterancyAs you use different applications within Synapse, you gain veterancy in doing so. This is symbolized by a small rank icon next to your name when using that application in a collaboration panel. It lets everyone know w ...
This article is a chapter in a larger book. Start reading here »This article needs a cleanup of the first person to the third person issue. You vs “one”.Intelligence at the top layerJust like social systems in Synapse live at the highest layer of the oper ...
Remembering and filling in passwords has become a tremendous burden on the average internet user. Remembering long strings of characters is not a normal task for a human brain.Humans remember:ShapesColorsSoundsRather than long strings of letters and numbe ...
HoverboardsUnderlying thesisIt can be hard to get a group of people aligned, looking at the same thing and going the same direction in a virtual space.ApplicationHoverboards in Synapse have a few interesting attributes:Hoverboards have a length that autom ...
The fundamental innovation behind Synapse is that individuals passively share information about themselves with other users without active and deliberate conversation.However, there are many other areas of life in which sharing basic information about one ...
There was some thought that the idea of signaling might be able to be transferred to commercial opportunities. There were 15 AI ideas that seemed like they're potentially relevant to this brainstorm.Here is a breakdown, starting with the 15 moments of rev ...
Whenever two people engage in any sort of commercial action, a promise to pay something, or do something in exchange for something else, passive intelligence signaling will allow the creation of an on-the-fly contract that has the context of the relevant ...
ThesisOverviewThe purpose of Synapse is to extend the mission of Boundless in maximizing human life and freedom. The path which maximizes these must be the path undertaken by Synapse. Often this means protecting people's privacy more than they want it to ...
It should be noted that these features are outside of the initial scope and can safely be skipped over in the first iteration. Read them in order to understand the long-term destination of Synapse.When using an outside application in Synapse, certain cond ...
The transaction screen has been detailed across multiple articles. This article is first and foremost a hub that links to those other articles and expands on the fundamental concepts within the transaction screen.Read first:Mechanism of tradeProvisionFurt ...
Unlike the operating systems designed before Synapse, the prospect of native AI as capable as present frontier models, being accessible on device (on edge) by something as small as a pair of glasses, is a realistic prospect in the near future.This means s ...
ThesisOverviewWith reputation playing such an important role in Synapse, it's essential that synapse have a means of displaying people's reputation along with their accolades. A profile is a 2D-first gateway of an individual's reputation to the outside wo ...