I am attempting to build a social network that is designed to generate truth, or at least emphasize expertise rather that simply attention.
I think of social networks like brains. They're both a graph of interconnected nodes that pass messages. The problem with our networks now as I see it is that the social networks are set up to maximize message transmission (i.e. attention) rather than truth.
We need a layer on top, like the neocortex, to connect the nodes and give them different weights to generate reliable outputs like a machine learning model does. That's what I'm building.
The problem with Quora, as I see it, is the question-answer format lends itself to a restricted form of dialogue which can't really serve the "sense-making" function for society.
Imagine if in the past, journalists could only write about what their readers asked them about. It wouldn't have generated the best result.
We need a system that allows people to put forth their ideas and let them be evaluated by peers. We need the scientific method at scale.
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I am attempting to build a social network that is designed to generate truth, or at least emphasize expertise rather that simply attention.
I think of social networks like brains. They're both a graph of interconnected nodes that pass messages. The problem with our networks now as I see it is that the social networks are set up to maximize message transmission (i.e. attention) rather than truth.
We need a layer on top, like the neocortex, to connect the nodes and give them different weights to generate reliable outputs like a machine learning model does. That's what I'm building.
Isn't Quora like that already?
The problem with Quora, as I see it, is the question-answer format lends itself to a restricted form of dialogue which can't really serve the "sense-making" function for society.
Imagine if in the past, journalists could only write about what their readers asked them about. It wouldn't have generated the best result.
We need a system that allows people to put forth their ideas and let them be evaluated by peers. We need the scientific method at scale.
I see. So in Quora several people can answer a question but
1. Nobody can critique the answers
2. Nobody can critique the critique (if you could have such)
3. The Quora-format does not really invite posts like "I think this is the way it is, is there anything wrong with my analysis?"
4. There is no mechanism to vote on consensus about what is the "truth"
This sounds like a great idea, how long until you allow people to have a peek at it? Any plans for a beta tester program or anything like that?