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Abstraction, combination, relation: how to visualize structure
How can we create a tool that represents our thoughts—adding as little as possible and losing nothing?
Continue reading “Abstraction, combination, relation: how to visualize structure”“It just works” — the three stages of technological depoliticization
“It Just Works” is propaganda: it hides the trail that products cut though our societies and the natural world to get to us.
Continue reading ““It just works” — the three stages of technological depoliticization”The Cybernetic Word Processor
The cybernetic word processor is for a program for writing, not merely for inserting characters into a file.
Continue reading “The Cybernetic Word Processor”The purpose of a system is how we shape it
We are not masters of our information, but we can be if we build information systems shaped like human consciousness.
Continue reading “The purpose of a system is how we shape it”The Computer Screen Is the Retina of the Mind’s Eye
Computers are already having an outsized impact on our world and, if not controlled, will dominate it.
Continue reading “The Computer Screen Is the Retina of the Mind’s Eye”Graceful Systems
HSM is building graceful systems—what does this mean?
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We forget at our peril that the medium is the message in software, too; worse, the makers of software are working hard to create this amnesia.
Continue reading “The Hidden Medium”On URLs
Why URLs are the best of the Web, and why, despite this, their limitations are the limitations of most modern technology.
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This is the origin story of Coeus, and an explanation of what it is and why it’s worth building.
Continue reading “Think, Inform, Communicate”Index: The Future of Coordinated Thinking
This is the index page for a cluster of posts, detailing some of my ideas on the nature, importance and ethics of the Internet.
Continue reading “Index: The Future of Coordinated Thinking”Manifesto: Six Imperatives for Communications Freedom (the Future of Coordinated Thinking Pt. 1)
This post is part of The Future of Coordinated Thinking: Series Index
Continue reading “Manifesto: Six Imperatives for Communications Freedom (the Future of Coordinated Thinking Pt. 1)”What Is the Internet? (the Future of Coordinated Thinking Pt. 2)
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Continue reading “What Is the Internet? (the Future of Coordinated Thinking Pt. 2)”Why the Ethical Character of The Internet Matters (the Future of Coordinated Thinking Pt. 3)
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