A demonstration of Reason Commons
A commons is a goal and the reasoning a group builds around it: what it depends on, what stands in the way, where needs pull apart, and what the group decides to do. Groups build a commons in ordinary conversation with an AI, using the Reason Commons skill. This site is where anyone can read one.
Read accepted reasoning from our own collaboration, proposed reconstructions from a discussion and supplied talks, and an invented example that includes a trial and reports. Each record says where it comes from and who has accepted what.
Explore how institutions built around autonomy and care might survive, spread and stay within ecological limits.
The goalHumane institutions can survive and spread while retaining autonomy and care, within ecological limits and without catastrophic destruction.
A question to exploreCan care become a strength in how institutions survive and spread?
Created from 8 sourcesFrom Margeret Heath’s Re-membering · reconstructed by AI
How might a community help people flourish through their relationships—with each other, their tools and the wider world—while respecting autonomy and personal boundaries?
The goalPeople in a willing, bounded community can flourish through being-becoming with the world while retaining autonomy and personal boundaries.
A question to exploreIn one shared activity, what changes in what people can do together?
Created from 5 sourcesWe’re building a way for shared thinking to accumulate: a goal people can inspect, question and improve, with AI helping keep the record.
The goalThe Logical Thinking Process, made accessible through AI, is used in the world to help people think and act better together.
A question to exploreWhat would make this useful enough for a group to try?
Explore an invented group’s work to make the school run safer while keeping the neighbourhood’s shops accessible.
The goalEvery child at Willow Lane Primary can walk, scoot or cycle to school safely.
A question to exploreDoes a safer gate create a new problem on Mill Lane?
Bring a goal you share with other people. In conversation, the Reason Commons skill helps you structure the thinking and keeps the record: what you agree, what is still open, and who said what.
The site is read-only. All the thinking happens in conversation, where the skill keeps the record.
A group works on a shared goal in ordinary conversations with an AI. The skill turns what people say into statements and connections, and keeps track of who said what.
Named people accept statements and connections for now. Proposals stay marked as proposals, and objections are kept as disputes.
The group decides what to make public. Each release keeps earlier wording, so anyone can see how the thinking changed.
Anyone can read a commons here. To add to one, copy a statement's brief into your own AI. Nothing is posted from this site.