what if our maps of social media are as primitive as medieval maps of earth. for now only a select few have the tools and technical skills to get a bird’s eye view of the networks we’re embedded in, but i bet network cartography will soon be more evenly distributed

user-curated knowledge is stuck in single-player tools like Roam, Pocket, Airtable... all while search engines are deteriorating in quality we need less second brains, more collectively-curated knowledge networks

DNA codes life. Programs code computers. Media codes humans.

A slow social network that’s only for sharing your long-term stuff, and in between instead of posts you swap encouraging notes with friends about all this stuff that takes like six months to see the light of day

Building a second brain is an effective strategy for coping with complexity. At the same time, it is fundamentally single-player, and most of the interesting things we do, we do together. Can we find ways to make meaning together over the internet? via @gordonbrander

I have a deck; they're great. Highly recommended! Go give 'em a look.

sometimes, i think about how we literally invented magic (the internet) and use it for the most boring shit (advertising, sharing overly edited versions of our lives)

I'm pleased to release the talk “Rebuilding Society on Meaning: Practical Techniques to Align Markets, Recommenders, Social Networks, and Organizations with Togetherness and Meaning”. This 80m talk is my life's work! youtube.com/watch?v=Q1xJBX…

Three-game strategies in a four-game world provide the sinking feeling of running faster in the wrong direction.

🍭FourGame-wise, what is John Vervaeke talking about? By Captain Simple GPT4 —— “When we consider John Vervaeke's work from a FourGame perspective, we find he addresses elements of all the four games. 🟠🔴🟡ShortGame: Vervaeke's emphasis on cognitive tools, mindfulness, and

All the talk about metamodernism and the next paradigm is mostly coming from the nordics and pockets in the developed world. The Global South can't waste time and resources in developing through the same path Global North did. Here's an idea: Tropical Metamodernism [let's 🧵]

maggieappleton.com/lm-sketchbook/ via @mappletons i love a certain woman. jeez. year after year bringing new and relevant ideas. thank you for your work! ❤ and i can't wait to see more sketches. 🤣

In this talk, listen to davi.eth & his plans for tackling poverty, hunger & resource scarcity in a shift from profit-centric to people-centric! 💪 A journey through personal development & metamodernizing the global south, towards a more inclusive & abundant future 🌍🌱

Moloch - AI & The Deadly Force Driving Us To The Brink

Reducing Intelligence Asymmetry / Scaling inquiry into Truth 🔍 Our work automating our methods to identify experts, search and retrieve relevant content, and ground graphs to map scientific fields + policy debates.

one of the most touching pieces i read this year. this is the kind of fiction i want to create/see more in the world - exploring the spiritual, technological, political implications of our current era-challenges-designs... thanks davi.eth. ❤ mirror.xyz/davi.eth/gNCBF…

Brazil sits in the semi-periphery of global power. not fully exploited like the Global South, not fully benefiting like the Global North

I’m increasingly of the belief that incentive design is the most important problem to work on. Humans are good at overcoming obstacles when they have reason to do so — the worst problems tend to be ones of cooperation, not technological or scientific understanding.