Modeling societal-scale deliberation, developing decision-making models, building libraries of knowledge, and offering educational content on complex issues.
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We @SocietyLibrary have mapped thousands more arguments to add to the @beffjezos <> @NPCollapse debate using AI! Here's a walkthrough of our maps. Link to the interactive website below, feedback is welcome! 🔽
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A single debate about one nuclear power plant generated 5,862 distinct arguments. The human mind holds 4 to 7 things at once.
@JustJamieJoyce calls this the core problem in democratic governance, and thinks AI might be the way to close the gap. 🧠
youtube.com/watch?v=Ep6GdRS7…
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I was sent @slatestarcodex's article on "Your Attempt To Solve Debate Will Not Work"
So I wrote a quick reply: "Your Attempt To Refute Argument Maps Will Not Work" in the voice of Scott Alexander.
justjamiejoyce.substack.com/…
Felt cute, may make a debate map about it later.
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I was not previously aware that the @SocietyLibrary was mentioned in a paper by @AnthropicAI researchers and the @compdem project.
Thanks for the nod, folks.
arxiv.org/abs/2306.11932
New Graph: 📉"How can we ensure that parasocial engagement systems (AI personas, AI influencers, synthetic relationship platforms) do not disrupt the attachment formation abilities of minors under the age of 18 in the United States?"
➡️societylibrary.org/ai-debate… (ungrounded small graph, made for a conference)
Grateful to join @foresightinst in Puerto Rico for Vision Weekend! We were invited to hold "office hours" to discuss ontology, data, and optimizing democracy.
The Foresight Institute are excellent curators. Learn more about them at: foresight.org/
Q: If no one owns the Moon, can anyone have a right to profit from its resources - or should commercialization require collective consent from humanity?
➡️societylibrary.org/topics-bl…
New Map 🗺️in the "Space Ethics" collection. Made by request by a PhD in martian geology. Ungrounded (for now).
We have often been asked about our epistemological framing, and while we have been actively working in the english-speaking, western (specifically U.S.) context for many years simply due to constraints alone, the @SocietyLibrary's mission is dedicated to knowledge collection and access in expansive ways.
In 2026, a teammate at the SL will be working on an epistemic taxonomy so our rigorous inquiry processes can be even more intentional about accessing the broad spectrums of POVs. Read more in a related news item here: societylibrary.org/society-l…
🚀 We've found that sometimes it's difficult for people to keep up with all the tools that the Society Library has built.
🗺️If you would like a tour of the tools, here are some some videos of our biggest hits below (minus our computationally-constructed legislation work; preLLM boom).
🛠️ But you know what's really cool? All of these tools are actually interoperable and work together - with the ultimate goal of being the "legislative branch in a box."
Video of our (automating) our Deliberation Maps:
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Papers Interface:
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Perspectives Tool:
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AI Agents:
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Decision-Making Model:
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We are here for it! 🚀 Learn more about The Society Library's origins in the works of Franklin here: societylibrary.org/mission-v…
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Really appreciate Jamie Joyce’s thoughts on controversial figures as information sources, I’m more apt to trust the structure of SL knowing someone who values truth over character derangement syndromes is at the helm.
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Join us on Wednesday July 2 at 12 PM ET for Metagov Seminar: @JustJamieJoyce will present on her work with @SocietyLibrary
Learn more and register here - lu.ma/bsqnutec
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Thank you for having me on your podcast, @Liv_Boeree! It was such a pleasure. You are an incredible host.
Also - beyond making sense of people's values, we're building out structured representations of logical arguments and the evidence which backs them.
It's important to detect and incorporate predominant value preferences of a given civilization, but we also must gather the collective evidence and logical reasoning which a given civilization generates. Its about harnessing the best collective intelligence we have to manage ourselves well.
Really appreciate you giving me an opportunity to discuss this at length!
Democracy is a hot mess right now, in part because politicians are an outdated technology. What if we replaced - or at least supplemented them with -databases that tracked their constituents' values?
That's one of many juicy topics covered in this Win-Win conversation with @JustJamieJoyce . Jamie is the founder of Society Library and a leading expert on information infrastructure, and this is one of my favourite conversations thus far.
Watch right here on X, or your usual pod platform.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
4:30 - Diablo Canyon Debate Map
14:26 - How To Evaluate Evidence?
16:18 - How To Minimize Bias?
19:06 - Bad Faith & Fringe Perspectives
24:16 - Flat Earth Conspiracies?
28:37 - Cyber Attacks On Internet Archive
33:54 - Modernizing Government
41:01 - The Evil of Corporate Lobbying
49:40 - Managing Info Hazards
53:19 - Virtues And Values
57:06 - When Jamie Neatly Went Blind
1:01:27 - Improving The Information Ecosystem
1:12:44 - Prediction Markets and Sensemaking
1:15:25 - Structuring Data For Improved Learning
1:22:17 - Society Library Meme Token Nonsense
1:32:21 - Rapid Fire Predictions
1:38:51 - Jamie's Favorite Win-Win
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Spicy take: politicians are an outdated technology that should be replaced by viewpoint databases.
@JustJamieJoyce explains why 👇
Our executive director on @Liv_Boeree's podcast 👇 just dropped
New interview out, this time with the brilliant Jamie Joyce! We discuss:
- why politicians are outdated technology
- fixing the evil of corporate lobbying
- why digitizing government may be the only way to save democracy
And much more. @JustJamieJoyce is as sharp as it gets, I recommend a watch 👇
youtu.be/HzxW3a9jAxE?si=2cta…
In February 2025, more than 70 technologists, practitioners, and academics gathered at the @SocietyLibrary's HQ, at the invitation of the @PluralityInst, to explore the role of LLMs in fostering healthy public discourse. It was a pleasure to have so many folks interested in this space gathered under our roof.
Watch presentations here: youtube.com/watch?v=ugWUR4Af…
