Here is John's (@matrix-8) reply (sent to me by email to post on his behalf).

Hello @teknow,

Some Ground Rules
If what I say here is logical, I want you to consider that my conclusions could be true – even though they disagree with your current considerations. And since my logical conclusions lead to a humane New World Order – without the Powers that Shouldn't Be – you might want to consider lending a helping hand to get things under way ASAP.

I feel that you have some very basic misunderstandings about the necessary mechanics of exchange in the Real World.

I always say, It is what it is; and I deal with that. I take what it is and always try to make it better. I don't make believe that it is better now than it really is – even though that's what I want, and many others want it that way too. I don't confuse Main Street with Nirvana. I start on Main Street and drive towards Nirvana.

Basic Facts
You are a Being running a Body. All Bodies in the animal kingdom will fight to survive. And although sometimes you might be ambivalent about the meaning of life – at around lunchtime you'll find yourself in the kitchen making your Body a sandwich. It doesn't Think – it Knows! And around lunchtime, it knows that that sandwich is important for survival. While there may not be an internationally sanctioned legal contract involved, to the degree that you identify with your Body – you own that sandwich.

It's Mine!
If somebody just showed up and told you to give them the sandwich, or they would hurt you – forgetting about what you think about the philosophical bases for Peace or War – your response in that situation would be determined to a great degree by just how hungry your Body was at the time. Just finished gorging at Thanksgiving? – "No problem. Here, take two." But if that Body was about to die of starvation – it would be a very different scenario. You might find out that you were capable of greater violence than you had thought!

So, if you are still with me on this – you've just agreed to the concept of Money. With Ownership comes exchange. Now go read a little bit about how Barter leads directly to Money.

[I'll put in a plug for our sponsor here…. Money is as much of an improvement over Barter, as the Matrix-8 Solution is over current Government.]

Your Question
Back to business…. "How can Reputation and Anonymity exist along side?" he asks.

This takes some conceptual understanding of what is involved on a Matrix-8 Platform. (Good question, by the way.)

Consider a bicameral legislature: Senate and House; or House of Lords and House of Commons. This system of law making provides a balance between the interests of the Elite and the Commoners. For our purposes Chatrooms--where Cause Groups are formed and initially discussed--are analogous to a Senate or House of Lords. In that forum, you can be as open about who you really are as you wish. And it is expected that if you are an expert in the field – you will want others to know your real name and curriculum vita, and all about your degrees and the books you've written. Definitely no Anonymity there! And the few opinion leaders who emerge in a Chatroom are analogous to the Senators or Lords.

But this grandstanding is prior to the Cause Group retiring from the raucous Chatroom to the quiet deliberative atmosphere of the Matrix-8 Platform – where nobody knows your name. It's as if by moving from the House of Lords to the House of Commons, you pass through a semipermeable membrane. When you move from the Senate/House of Lords/Chat room--where everybody knows your name (if you want them to)--to the House of Representatives/House of Commons/Matrix-8 Platform, you lose your name and your Real World reputation. All you have with which to convince others is your intelligence and the data you are sharing. And both the Chatroom discussions (the Senate) and the Matrix-8 Platform (the House of Representatives) are vital parts of the whole Matrix-8 Solution.

On the Platform, when you are deliberating with your seven Peers in an 8-PAC, you are known only as #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, or #8. All eight of you are anonymous. And starting to talk about Reputation... if any of you are caught by your seven peers revealing who you are in the Real World – that's a black mark against your Reputation. Anonymity is held sacrosanct on the Matrix-8 Platform.

Stay with me here this may be a little tricky.

Where's the Connection?
As you engage in more and more discussions in more and more Cause Groups, every time you are a #2, or a #7, etc., you are getting scored by your Peers. That score will follow you because the platform knows you by your password. You know the password, but the platform does not know your real name. So, your Reputation stays on the Platform; it cannot be connected to the flesh and blood you. And your Anonymity stays intact – no matter in how many different Cause Groups you interact. And Blockchain keeps the records.

So that's how Reputation and Anonymity can exist side-by-side.

A Bonus!
And here's some good news for those of us who believe that Money is a good thing, and serves a good purpose. (This includes you now too.) Your Reputation will grow from not only acting well in your 8-PAC's, but also from your every Donation in the form of Money, Goods, or Services, which your Peers acknowledge as valuable. You will be awarded Tokens in appreciation for your good works. And as the Mother Platform grows to millions of members, those Tokens will take on Real World Value. The Network Effect guarantees it! The proposed KLU Tokens (acquiring Knowledge, assuming Leadership, and bringing others to Understanding) will be used as Currency in the Matrix-8 community, and it will have Value as such. (If you're not an active member of the Matrix-8 Solution – you haven't got a KLU [pronounced clue].)

How'd I do?

John Huckel