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# Thinking in vCon

**Thinking in vCon** is a video series about one idea: a conversation is a thing you can hold. Not a recording locked in a vendor's platform, not a row in a CRM, but a signed, portable object with its parties, its dialog, its consent, and its analysis all in one place.

Each episode takes a single question — privacy, provenance, the shape of a conversation, identity — and works it from first principles up to something you can act on. The standard is vCon. The point is what it lets you build.

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New here? Start with [A vCon Primer](/vcons/a-vcon-primer.md) for the written version of the argument, then come back and watch.
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## Start with the keynote

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Thinking in vCon — the through-line of the series, in one sitting. 17:55.
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Why conversations have never had a standard file format the way documents, images, and spreadsheets do, and why that gap matters now. Introduces vCon as a single trustworthy object carrying a conversation's recording, transcript, metadata, provenance, and rights.

## Episodes

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[The Keynote](/thinking-in-vcon/the-keynote.md)
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[Privacy](/thinking-in-vcon/thinking-in-vcon-privacy.md)
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[The Conversational Graph](/thinking-in-vcon/the-conversational-graph.md)
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## Clips

Short cuts live on the [conserver channel](https://www.youtube.com/@conserverio) and are cross-posted to LinkedIn and Facebook. They stand alone: one idea, a couple of minutes.

* [Privacy (short)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAAaSRiyBe4) — 4:52 — consent that travels with the recording

Everything in one place, in series order: the [Thinking in vCon playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaxNQ-GrpFLc) on YouTube.

## Related

* [Talks, Articles & Press](/talks-articles-press.md) — conference keynotes, IETF sessions, and podcasts
* [Why Conversations Need a File](/vcons/why-vcons.md) — the core written argument


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