Dr Charlie Harry Smith
@chsmith.bsky.social
Digital ID Scheme, OfDIA/DSIT
Developed the first liberal political philosophy of British digital identity systems (for a DPhil at @oiioxford.bsky.social)
chsmith.co.uk
Developed the first liberal political philosophy of British digital identity systems (for a DPhil at @oiioxford.bsky.social)
chsmith.co.uk
The NDL team’s had a rocky year, from what I hear… They need you!
September 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The NDL team’s had a rocky year, from what I hear… They need you!
That reminds me of CGP Grey talking about how he obsessively plays one crappy pop song on endless repeat while writing, for precisely the white noise reason! To each their own!
August 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
That reminds me of CGP Grey talking about how he obsessively plays one crappy pop song on endless repeat while writing, for precisely the white noise reason! To each their own!
Never understood how people write with music on! Even stuff with no words stops me from thinking properly. Loved Radio 4 Comedy while cooking, though, to forget work in the evenings…
August 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Never understood how people write with music on! Even stuff with no words stops me from thinking properly. Loved Radio 4 Comedy while cooking, though, to forget work in the evenings…
As a result — and although I must stress that this thesis in no way represents the government’s views, only my own — I hope the conclusions will be of interest to theorists, identity experts, and policymakers alike!
May 19, 2025 at 9:54 AM
As a result — and although I must stress that this thesis in no way represents the government’s views, only my own — I hope the conclusions will be of interest to theorists, identity experts, and policymakers alike!
I then ultimately deploy this analysis to generate a coherent policy position, resolving what I see as a series of interlinked dilemmas: unchecked central oversight, persistent exclusion, and neoliberal economisation.
May 19, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I then ultimately deploy this analysis to generate a coherent policy position, resolving what I see as a series of interlinked dilemmas: unchecked central oversight, persistent exclusion, and neoliberal economisation.
Throughout, I unpack the deeply ethical and political reasons for Britain’s uniquely troubled history with identification systems, using lenses of freedom and control, access and inclusion, as well as surveillance and privacy.
May 19, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Throughout, I unpack the deeply ethical and political reasons for Britain’s uniquely troubled history with identification systems, using lenses of freedom and control, access and inclusion, as well as surveillance and privacy.
Drawing on interviews with 51 identity experts across industry, government and civil society, I construct something of a normative history of British identity systems, from 1414 to 2024.
May 19, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Drawing on interviews with 51 identity experts across industry, government and civil society, I construct something of a normative history of British identity systems, from 1414 to 2024.
In it, I evaluate the British state’s successive national digital identity systems using the tools of liberal political philosophy – for the first time.
May 19, 2025 at 9:54 AM
In it, I evaluate the British state’s successive national digital identity systems using the tools of liberal political philosophy – for the first time.
The interesting thing about that FT Mag piece on the company that runs an internal free market with a currency called ‘Will’ is how Soviet it sounds, as the company has to decide how much it costs you to work from home (a lot) or how much they value you working on innovation
on.ft.com/3GNUVs
on.ft.com/3GNUVs
May 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Will let you know if they get back to me, but I’m not holding my breath…!
April 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Will let you know if they get back to me, but I’m not holding my breath…!