It's just not an Ink & Switch essay without a few historical plates...
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Not just for aesthetic, I think—scholarship of the past is something missing in a lot of tech discourse, but independent researchers and tools-for-thought folks are trying to change that.
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Great question! I think we need more places for this.
has a Discord + workshop series but it’s invitation-only for practicing researchers.
Community-building is one goal with the guests we have on the podcast (museapp.com/podcast)
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’s Patreon comments are another spot for discussion, but of course you need to be a supporter.
Other than that, just following folks on Twitter e.g.
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I’d really like to figure this out. A few folks have tried to start forums, Slacks, etc. The problem keeps being that there are a lot more casually interested people than serious inventors, so signal:noise tanks, and then serious people bail. Need some middle ground…
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I've been working with bunch of Hollywood creators lately and they seem to solve this by layers of increasingly secretive invite-only forums. A first layer might have 1000+ users, a second layer might have 100-200 and a third layer might only be a few handfuls.
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I supposed academia does something like this with open conferences vs invited workshops / seminars. Hm hm.
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It's a useful structure. One important gotcha is balancing inclusivity with exclusivity while paying attention that the selection mechanism does not amplify pre-existing biases and inequalities in society at large.
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Yes. A key difference between these two models is that in academia, the small-group workshops may not be open-invitation, but they are (usually) not secret, and they produce publications. That seems better.