web3 unlocks Proof of Personality
If we start from the premise that one of the few remaining advantages is your personality (Your Personality Edge), how do we make this a multi-player game?
Let's zoom out.
For individual success, specifically around creating one's Category of One, your personality is the well. Digging deep with an archeologists mindset to find the nuggets of gold is a critical lifetime effort.
It's not much different from any of the RPGs which have a set of attributes and loot; the combination of which one uses to level up in the game of life.
For example, my current Quest is to build one potential Category of One in the realm of The Killer Narrative.
For me, I'm exploring some areas such as a life-long obsession with the intricacies of effective story-telling along with the strategic components of narratives and the leading curiosity and conviction of web3's crypto changes everything.
But...what could make this so much more interesting?
Undertaking this (or any other Quest) with the right set of people?
A group of four Wizards, while certain potent in some regard, is likely not really the right combination across the entire campaign.
A Wizard with a Thief, Paladin, and Druid, for example, has different elements in play.
If the mix is across Human, Elf, Dwarf, and Halfing, now we've got things cooking.
One of the other aspects which I never fully got into, but I think creates alot of interest is the Ideological/Ethical spectrum. This has been simplified along the axis of Good vs Evil, Orderly vs Chaotic, which I suspect has alot of ringing truth to it.
But it's not that useful.
Very very few people will self-identify as "Evil."
But I think there might be some social/ethical/values categories that could work.
I attended a talk where a few of these were introduced (need to look this back up, again).
I suspect there could be some global concepts that tend to be ways people congregate.
These will likely be aligned to some degree with personality, but it's another dimension worth exploring.
To date, this has been a difficult thing to do. But if work becomes composable Composable Teams, I think the personality mix is likely just as important as the skill sets.
But there isn't really a way to find people who not only are self-aware of their personality advantages and how to actually apply them in different team constructs, there also isn't a standardized way to "prove" any assertion.
There are plenty of assessments, and these live privately in people's hard-drives and memory. This, alone, probably is highly limiting.
What could evolve are chat-based personality assessments that build upon information and on-going questions, constantly updating and improving. At some point, as conviction is reached and evidence builds through the interaction, a point in time "proof" gets minted.
It likely would need to be privacy preserving, but allow "proof" to someone of the identity and attributes at the discretion of each individual.
This should allow potential co-founders, for example, to start to evaluate the true sentiment and personality to find the right match.
This could also extend to dating or employment.
The information is immensely valuable, but has some level of sensitivity. Less so than medical and more so than a basic LinkedIn resume.
As one advances, I suppose the question is what are the "points" that get accumulated.
Right now, we find affinity with people based on interests, such as via Twitter or Reddit.
What if interests are personality-driven (and this doesn't mean one looks for someone just like themselves).
For example, according to Chinese Horoscope, good teams and relationships stem from finding someone within your "Triad."
For example, Dragon, Rat and Monkey are all in a Triad. While they have distinct personality traits, they have good reason to get along and flesh out each others strengths profile.
Similar alignment can be found with MBTI.
This concept has other expressions: Star Trek, the Hobbit, even The Avengers all seem to point to a concept of distinct personalities and the appropriate teaming based on those, as well as conflict for misalignment.
How valuable could this information be?
Recruiting, for both parties, could benefit from this.
An existing team may have some clarity not only on the skills, but also on the personality type to fit within their immediate team. Certainly the right mix of skills, experience, and personality matter. But right now, the personality is heavily underweighted. Naturally, the regulator and compliance world may lean into this and raise alarmist concerns; but I think adding this to the mix actually helps to reduce the unconscious bias found in interviews and can lead to higher success rates.
The potential of proof, discoverability, and verification seems to open up a potential world where personality becomes a real asset.