For users and publishers alike, Hypothesis informs the world of one’s value, either based on Usefulness and honesty in the case of publishers, or based on intuition in the case of users. While these metrics are central to Hypothesis as a platform, they can be exponentially more meaningful as tools to be leveraged as both personal and institutional reputation-builders that have the ability to produce real value for their owners. We understand the uncertainty implicit in the introduction of such novel metrics, and that their widespread adoption relies largely on the extent to which Hypothesis achieves mainstream success. Ultimately, though, we believe in acting as a guiding force for Hypothesis, inviting a new, independent set of applications and feature sets to be built by third-parties using its Foresight API framework, either through integration into existing platforms or in the form of fresh innovation.