Capstone Portfolio – Data Dignity in Practice

Hypothetical undergraduate submission, Spring Term 2028 1  Data‑Lease Manifest Comment: Manifest serialized, signed with Ed25519; hashes written to the household proof‑of‑help ledger. 2  ZKP Compliance Essay (≈250 words) Goal – prove that the nano‑service’s chosen dinner meets (1) each family member’s

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Curriculum Blueprint for the Nano‑Service Economy

4‑Year Post‑Graduate Program “Economics & Engineering of Sovereign Systems” (E2S²) A joint doctorate‑level track delivered by HBS, SEAS (Engineering), and the Kennedy School.  Cohort size: 25. Year 1 — Foundations & Cross‑Disciplinary Fluency Module Key Focus Scholar‑agenda Anchor Data

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Designing for the Post‑Platform Era: Four Pillars of Private‑by‑Design Nano‑Services

1 Data Dignity over Data Ownership —  Borrow, Don’t Hoard Why it matters The industrial data economy prizes permanent capture: collect once, monetize forever.  The “data‑as‑labor” movement‑–popularized by Jaron Lanier‑–argues that data should remain tied to the

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Privacy & Security Playbook for Nano‑Service Architects and Policy Scholars

A field manifesto for those building or advising the next generation of self‑revoking, zero‑rent agents. 1  Zero‑Trust, Zero‑Rent: the Governing Ethos 2  Borrowed‑Context Contracts Principle – data leaves the owner’s vault under a time‑ and scope‑limited lease; the

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Field Guide — Seven Design Mandates for Nano‑Service Builders and Scholars

1  Measure  Contextual Utility per Joule Mass‑market software worships MAU, ARPU, and click‑through. A nano‑service, by contrast, exists to solve a concrete, situated need with the least possible entropy. Metric shift: A dinner‑ordering agent that quietly

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The Silent Coup: How the Next Economic Paradigm Will Emerge from Within

Feudalism placed nobility and land ownership at the center of social standing; the highest-ranking noble in the room was always the star. Then capitalism arrived, ushering in new pillars—profit and competition—and elevating the merchant class.

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