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| i think it feels corporate not
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| intentionally, but because it was written with corporate funders in
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| mind - less of a goal and more of a by-product. while we definitely
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| need to put it in language that is resonant to get the funding, it
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| should definitely not mean compromising or misrepresenting what we
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| will do. the hope is to get all of your help to tweek it and get
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| i've been thinking of this is as a sort of base layer into which we
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| can insert specific issues/ examples/descriptions/language on why/how
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| anonymity or related issues matter, how to think about them, etc.,
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| and briefly mention some of the works we'd undertake within this
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| project. it could mention warming effects, for instance, propose the
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| design of framework for analysis of different approaches to
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| identity, or writing a popular article arguing that it's the basis of
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| emerging democracies.
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| our views don't need to be consistent and we shouldn't represent them
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| as such - what we are going to do is explore, flesh out our
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| collective understanding (and disagreements), and give the means for
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| others to understand it as well. perhaps what would make this more
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| comfortable and straightforward is if this document did more to
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| acknowledge the diversity of views - seeking to actually leverage
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| that - not for the purpose of having readers choose one perspective,
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| but gaining an understanding of the different perspectives,
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| identifying points of contention/divergence, and creating analytical
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| tools (and other paths) for delving into the assumptions/values/
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| implications of different technology and policy decisions related to
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| anonymity.
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| with respect to the function of the doc, it is primarily fundraising,
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| but should also serve as a broad description of what we want to do.
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| there are no precise deliverables for it, and although we don't want
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| to mislead the donors, it's an academic endeavor not a consulting
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| project, so we do what we think is important/effective to explore the
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| subject. as long as we manage those expectations (best done by
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| clearly communicating what we want to do, albeit persuasively), this
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| should be a great project - a wonderful complement to identity
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| metasystems, a chance for you all to pursue the slice that is most
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| interesting to you, and an opportunity to raise awareness of these
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| does that make sense? do you feel like you can weigh in better? all
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| of you, please re-orient me if i am getting it wrong/explaining it
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| poorly!
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| thanks,
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