COMPUTING IN CONTEXT
WILLIAM MONGAN
June 29, 2022
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THINGS WE’LL NEED
A quarter
A deck of cards
A phone book
Printouts from these slides
Strips of paper
Post-it notes (labeled by color) and Poster Board, or the digital Pixel
Pandemonium link
Mail-merged instruction sheets for post-it notes (or a link to a PDF)
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ESTABLISHING TRUST
“IT IS AN EQUAL FAILING TO TRUST EVERYBODY, AND TO TRUST NOBODY.
ENGLISH PROVERB
“WHO DO I TRUST? ME!”
-TONY MONTANA, SCARFACE
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HOW DO WE ESTABLISH MUTUAL TRUST ON THE
INTERNET?
Do you trust me? How can you be sure?
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HOW DO WE ESTABLISH MUTUAL TRUST ON THE
INTERNET?
Do you trust me? How can you be sure?
… Do I trust YOU?
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HOW DO WE ESTABLISH MUTUAL TRUST ON THE
INTERNET?
Do you trust me? How can you be sure?
… Do I trust YOU?
What happens when you need to trust someone, while also establishing that
they can trust you?
What are some examples of this?
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HOW DO WE ESTABLISH MUTUAL TRUST ON THE
INTERNET?
Let’s flip a coin: how do you guess correctly when you can’t see me flip the
coin?
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