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*