The Potential of Computing Medium to Unlock New Possibilities

Better tools and techniques for collective intelligence could be a path to building a more democratic society. Conor is the founder of Roam, and he joins Adam and Mark to discuss his motivations for working on a tool for collective intelligence, why knowledge doesn’t always equal articulated thoughts, and a vision for how to program your own mind.

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Show notes

• Conor White-Sullivan
• Roam Research
• Bret Victor
• Andy Matuschak on roman numerals vs arabic numerals
• Logo, BASIC
• agent-based economics simulations
• Choose Your Own Adventure
• “The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them”
• The Wealth of Networks
• Institutions and Organizations
• non-rivalrous goods, public goods
• 3D printing organs, open-source medicine
• The Centralized Internet Is Inevitable
• map-territory conflict
• micronations
• critical thinking
• “I, Pencil”
• Limits to Legibility
• Localocracy
• A Syntopicon
• Reinventing Discovery