Design for collaborative reasoning that scales

Collaborative reasoning systems could become staples of public discourse, helping us navigate complex and divisive issues. These pages hold the landmarks of my ongoing attempt to bushwhack the design space, understand tradeoffs and complexities, and generally follow through on a commitment to see a system of this kind enter the world at a meaningful scale.

The system under consideration here is referred to as Wicker, both as a nod to Wikipedia and because discourse, too, is held together as a structure of mutually-supporting fibers.

You can reach me at ian@curbside.coop.

– Ian

These notes are still evolving. Many are incomplete.

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