Another application I'd like, which could also be done w/ wikis but I think not as well because of the lack of general computability, is to collaboratively create a maturity model for all of life. There's a John Wooden quote that goes something like "the problem with all the good new books is that they keep us from reading all the good old books". On any topic, there is too much material or not enough available, and one has to wade through much to find what one needs. But if there's a generalized maturity model, and one can query it to learn "here's where I am right now in all kinds of levels of development", then the system could provide info on "here are things you can do next to grow [in a particular area, or], to become a more balanced person, to progress further as a whole individual or to serve & [be a] mentor for others", and provide the "whys", the very best references w/ more info, and tracking or reminders to help strengthen traits or review material (like Anki), all in a very structured way that would not be possible if the knowledge is primarily captured as tons of words. I.e., best practices tailored to one's own situation, where you only need to see what is most helpful to you right now, instead of everything at once, enabled by structured, computable, modeled knowledge. [....] I think as a civilization we need to look at recording, manipulating, computing, and otherwise using [our collected] knowledge much more efficiently, and trying to process endless words is a large hindrance. Ideally and ultimately, it's about making knowledge computable by detaching it from the words, the words are a superstrate but not the core -- and everything we could do with that.
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