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.. _mission:
The Mission
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To accelerate the transition of power back to the individual via technology
Mission
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To eliminate the need for trusted third parties in the human/computer relationship.
.. _values:
Values
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Decentralization - While centralization can offer some efficiency gains, the costs are simply too high. Decentralized systems afford more power (and responsibility) to the users. More nodes of control means more accountability on each node. Start9 will make it easier for anyone to act as a "check and balance" in the Internet, as opposed to being a passive "user" at the whims of more powerful entities.
This list of values is not comprehensive. It does not encapsulate all the values of all the members of Start9. Instead, we attempt to enumerate those values which represent the fulfillment of our mission and which are practically within our ability to achieve.
Openness - The power of open systems has been well proven over the years. Start9 will, to the best of our ability, keep our code, processes, and intentions transparant. This allows others to assist in this tremendous undertaking, or audit what we are doing to make sure it is in line with our Mission, Values, and Virtues.
Decentralization: Centralized systems act as single points of failure and are susceptible to corruption. Decentralized systems afford greater robustness and soundness guarantees.
Community - Start9 IS the community. Start9 will help build a worldwide movement of empowered individuals for the cause of freedom through technology. Start9 will lead by example, without desire for control. This will always be as important as our technology itself.
Openness: Everyone should have permissionless access to computing resources and tools, unrestricted by geography, ethnicity, or belief.
Dignity - Start9 strongly believes that respect is a basic decency that each individual deserves, regardless of their background or circumstance. We will do our best to treat all users in a timely, upstanding manner.
Community: The human experience is richest when shared amongst individuals who possessing common beliefs, values, and activities, and that computers should facilitate the formation of communities.
Independence - In order for individuals to have symbiotic relationships, it is important that they not have an unhealthy reliance on one another. Start9 will help its users "Declare Digital Independence" from 'Big Tech' by giving them back control over their data and software. From this position, users will decide when and how they want to share their data, receive data from others, communicate, and transact. This will help bring balance to the digital realm, as well as the physical.
Privacy: There are four reasons that privacy is necessary for a free society and proper human existence: privacy (1) promotes creativity and experimentation by minimizing the risk of embarrassment; (2) protects valuable information from theft and extortion; (3) enables the diffusion of contrarian ideals and ideas (4) serves as an insurance policy against the future, in the event that was is acceptable today becomes unacceptable tomorrow.
Independence: Being dependent means being unable to survive on your own. Like a child, it means needing others and relying on them to provide for you, thus granting them power over you. A free and dignified human existence demands self-reliance, the ability to think and acts with efficacy to obtain one's needs.
.. _virtues:
Virtues
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Audacity - Start9 will not just produce a freedom-oriented technology stack, it will do so **boldly**. We will not apologize for, nor shy away from the disruptions that our tools will create in the industry.
Below are the virtues or qualities of character needed to achieve our values and accomplish our mission.
Tenacity - Start9 is determined to manifest our values in the world and will do so ferociously. We will create resilient tools and push the boundaries of what is possible for individually-controlled tools.
Audacity: A willingness to take bold risks.
Excellence - We will create the best possible tools that we can, period. We will often release a MVP (Minimum Viable Product) to prove a concept and then improve upon it, but we will never release a half-baked solution. "Do it right, or don't do it at all."
Tenacity: Fierce determination and relentless effort.
Courtesy - When interacting with a team member, you will always be treated with kindness and empathy. We endeavour to empower people through education, regardless of their technical skill level. If you ever feel that you were not treated courteously, please let a team member know.
Excellence: Setting high standards and never settling for less.
Generosity -
Courtesy: Treating others politely, with kindness and due respect.
Fortitude - Start9 fully expects to encounter adversity in the course of duty to its mission. We will face this with courage and persistance against all odds and never back down.
Generosity: providing beyond what is necessary or expected.
Integrity - With help from the community, Start9 will stay accountable and dedicated to the words written on this page. Honesty and fairness will remain paramount in any decision we make.
Fortitude: Having courage in the face of pain or adversity.
Integrity: The virtue the underlies all others. The quality of being whole and genuine, intact and unbroken, internally consistent, and adhering to principle in all cases.
.. _start9-origin:
The Origin of “Start9” (the name)
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Pokemon is a game for Gameboy. Twitch is a live video streaming app. “Twitch Plays Pokemon” was a popular phenomenon where Twitch users would collaborate to play a SHARED game of Pokemon on Gameboy. Heres how it worked:
Pokemon is a game for Gameboy. Twitch is a live video streaming app. “Twitch Plays Pokemon” was a popular phenomenon where Twitch users would collaborate to play a SHARED game of Pokemon on Gameboy. Here's how it worked:
Participants would use the Twitch message board to enter commands that then got executed in the gameplay. For example, if someone entered the command "right”, that would cause the player to move 1 space to the right. Commands would execute immediately after they were received, and anyone could enter a valid command at any time. You can think of Twitch Plays Pokemon as the more practical equivalent of placing a Gameboy in the middle of a crowded room and telling everyone to push buttons at the same time. As you might expect, the gameplay of Twitch Plays Pokemon was quite “twitchy”, but in a very "infinite monkey theory" way, progress could eventually be made.
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To summarize: in Anarchy mode, everyone had equal influence over the game, but progress was slow and clunky. In Democracy mode, progress was fast and efficient, but colluding groups could marginalize individual participants and ruin the game for them.
So…individual participants discovered a means of effective protest whenever Democracy mode became suffocating, but they could not garner enough votes to switch back to Anarchy mode. Someone would type the command “start9” into the comments. This command meant “open the start menu 9 times in a row”, which, as you might imagine, would be enormously disruptive if executed. The entire screen would be blocked by the start menu, over and over. Typing “start9” was a participants way of signaling to other participants that they felt marginalized by Democracy mode, and they were ready to fight back. If others felt the same, they could also begin typing “start9” - then, sure enough, “start9” would finally receive more votes than the colluding groups command, and the menu opening would begin. Every 4 seconds, the menu would open 9 times…again, and again, and again…until finally, the colluding group would be forced to either cooperate in reverting the game mode back to Anarchy mode or quit altogether.
So…individual participants discovered a means of effective protest whenever Democracy mode became suffocating, but they could not garner enough votes to switch back to Anarchy mode. Someone would type the command “start9” into the comments. This command meant “open the start menu 9 times in a row”, which, as you might imagine, would be enormously disruptive if executed. The entire screen would be blocked by the start menu, over and over. Typing “start9” was a participant's way of signaling to other participants that they felt marginalized by Democracy mode, and they were ready to fight back. If others felt the same, they could also begin typing “start9” - then, sure enough, “start9” would finally receive more votes than the colluding group's command, and the menu opening would begin. Every 4 seconds, the menu would open 9 times…again, and again, and again…until finally, the colluding group would be forced to either cooperate in reverting the game mode back to Anarchy mode or quit altogether.
Playing in Anarchy mode was impractical, but people did not want to play a game where they had no voice, where a group of insiders had taken total control. And so “start9” became the battle cry of the individual, the out-group, a means of signaling to other individuals that it was time to fight back against the usurpers - to use their own rules against them, until there was no alternative but to return control to the individual participants.