Communication density and our future forms of democracy, media, and fact-checking The Society Library is a 501(c)3 nonprofit collective intelligence organization which develops internet-based institutions and educational programs to improve humanity’s relationship to information. The Linguistic Density of Communication It’s a Thursday night in 2019, the night after the seven-hour…

Introducing “web-based conceptual portmanteau”. — Shortly after the digitization of analog materials, such as books and newspapers, the capabilities provided by web-based technologies have enabled the evolution of text itself. …

The Society Library is a female-founded and led organization. Here is the #herstory of the friendship of our two female leaders. Before joining the Society Library full-time, Sharon and Jamie worked together at an international NGO called IDEASForUs; supporting local leaders and their sustainable development projects in over 20 countries…

What other gift could one possibly want? This Valentine’s Day, the Society Library is running a campaign to distribute digital Valentine’s Day Cards that may be redeemed for fact-checking services. Also, for a limited time, donors to the Society Library have the option of selecting a number of customizable Valentine’s…

Based on media analysis of television, online news, social media, and Youtube.

A living list of perceived demands from various groups involved in an attempt to create clear communication, understanding, and empathy at scale.

And why it’s so hard to talk logically about COVID-19 in general. — Ping! A message on Whatsapp. Ping! A Facebook message. Ping! Ping! Ping! It’s Thursday and it’s early in the morning — 6am early — and my phone is pinging with messages from east coast friends, donors, and my volunteers. I was sent link after link of video clips and articles…

by Rowan Gledhill — Netflix recently released a new documentary about Cambridge Analytica called The Great Hack. Primarily following Brittany Kaiser, a former director of business development at Cambridge Analytica, and her experience as the company’s global impact came to light, the film raises numerous important questions about the nature of information online. How…

From where I sit in Eastern United States of America, the typical school day is either ending soon or has already ended. World-wide, many students didn’t spend much time in class today though. 3/15 marks the date for the School Strike for Climate (although some students are already on Spring…