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Value of building an online "knowledge web"
Answer by Cameron LaiMay 08, 202080

I've been interested in this area for the last couple of years as well. Surprisingly I had not found https://arbital.com/ until very recently which has got to be the closest thing to what would be ideal.


The main problem seems to be the amount of refactoring/reframing that can be done. As mentioned by @__nobody 's answer, there is a fundamental problem in naming and concept drift. I say fundamental because it has become my belief that on a practical level defining words is essentially performed on a community level, not an individual. Coming up with narrative learning paths also requires authorship, the time spent needing to be compensated if not monetarily at minimum socially.


https://arbital.com/
seems like an almost exact solution, although strategically it might work better as a browser extension symbiotic with existing social networks, as creating a new social network in this day and age is an immense task. This is probably one of the leading reasons for its abandonment https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/kAgJJa3HLSZxsuSrf/arbital-postmortem
I'm incredibly sad such a network/tool does not exist currently. It seems the time is ripe for a place where the 'game' is to not only aggregate/decide/distribute knowledge, but also turn on itself and thus be able to aggregate/decide/distribute the best ways of aggregating/deciding/distributing knowledge.

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