Perspectives is about co-operation, about people interacting. From a broad perspective, this includes the economy and society. We discuss how data has become equal to money, in many respects. But a new technology such as Perspectives opens new vistas on ways of making money, too.

• Perspectives on Data. On the Web, money is accrued at the data layer, owned by companies. Even though the underlying HTTP protocol is decentralised, the data layer is not. Blockchain and Perspectives offer alternatives.
• Perspectives on Economy. Like Blockchain, Perspectives is about creating a new, open market, too. But Perspectives introduces no funny money. Perspectives as the third way, between thin and fat protocols.