Oliver Meredith CoxThe Cybernetic Word ProcessorThe cybernetic word processor is for a program for writing, not merely for inserting characters into a file.Apr 18Apr 18
Oliver Meredith CoxinUX CollectiveThe purpose of a system is how we shape itWe are not masters of our information, but we can be if we build information systems shaped like human consciousness.May 18, 20231May 18, 20231
Oliver Meredith CoxinUX CollectiveArtificial Intelligence: the soul of soulless conditionsWhat we call AI today comes to us with a perfectly false prospectus: human-feeling, yet hiding the potential to maximize everything…Apr 13, 20231Apr 13, 20231
Oliver Meredith CoxinUX CollectiveThe computer screen is the retina of the mind’s eyeComputers are already having an outsized impact on our world and, if not controlled, will dominate it.Jan 24, 2023Jan 24, 2023
Oliver Meredith CoxDistributed Ledger, Markets and SocialismAn idea for how distributed ledgers could combine the benefits of both capitalism and socialism.May 18, 2022May 18, 2022
Oliver Meredith CoxStar Trek and Information RetrievalStar Trek presents a future that is simultaneously much more technological but in which our relationship with technology is more human; the…Dec 26, 2021Dec 26, 2021
Oliver Meredith CoxWhy the Ethical Character of The Internet Matters (the Future of Coordinated Thinking Pt. 3)I argue that anyone who cares about human flourishing should concern themselves with Internet freedom, interoperability and ideisomorphism.Dec 15, 2021Dec 15, 2021
Oliver Meredith CoxWhat Is the Internet? (the Future of Coordinated Thinking Pt. 2)Internet users speak with an Internet accent, but the only manner of speaking that doesn’t sound like an accent is one’s own.Dec 7, 2021Dec 7, 2021
Oliver Meredith CoxTo Jaron Lanier, Re Dodging the ClichésI am writing to thank you for the ideas that you share with us and the example that you set for people who care about our humanity as it…Dec 1, 2021Dec 1, 2021
Oliver Meredith CoxManifesto: Six Imperatives for Communications Freedom (the Future of Coordinated Thinking Pt. 1)This post is part of The Future of Coordinated Thinking: Series IndexNov 30, 2021Nov 30, 2021