The Society Library 📖

Modeling societal-scale deliberation, developing decision-making models, building libraries of knowledge, and offering educational content on complex issues.

[The Society Library 📖 @SocietyLibrary]

We @SocietyLibrary have mapped thousands more arguments to add to the @beffjezos <> @NPCollapse debate using AI! Here's a walkthrough of our maps. Link to the interactive website below, feedback is welcome! 🔽

[Funding the Commons @FundingCommons]

A single debate about one nuclear power plant generated 5,862 distinct arguments. The human mind holds 4 to 7 things at once.

@JustJamieJoyce calls this the core problem in democratic governance, and thinks AI might be the way to close the gap. 🧠

https://t.co/3aoJMo2Hve

[Jamie Joyce ⚡ @JustJamieJoyce]

I was sent @slatestarcodex's article on "Your Attempt To Solve Debate Will Not Work"

So I wrote a quick reply: "Your Attempt To Refute Argument Maps Will Not Work" in the voice of Scott Alexander.

https://t.co/PkxxltjNu7

Felt cute, may make a debate map about it later.

[Jamie Joyce ⚡ @JustJamieJoyce]

I was not previously aware that the @SocietyLibrary was mentioned in a paper by @AnthropicAI researchers and the @compdem project.

Thanks for the nod, folks.

https://t.co/mSEQBQvaHZ

[The Society Library 📖 @SocietyLibrary]

https://t.co/oUGOwwHYq2

[The Society Library 📖 @SocietyLibrary]

New Graph: 📉"How can we ensure that parasocial engagement systems (AI personas, AI influencers, synthetic relationship platforms) do not disrupt the attachment formation abilities of minors under the age of 18 in the United States?"

➡️https://t.co/P15ETIcL7K (ungrounded small graph, made for a conference)

[The Society Library 📖 @SocietyLibrary]

Grateful to join @foresightinst in Puerto Rico for Vision Weekend! We were invited to hold "office hours" to discuss ontology, data, and optimizing democracy.

The Foresight Institute are excellent curators. Learn more about them at: https://t.co/5j7k3XqcgL

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@therealkrantz @JustJamieJoyce Please feel free to DM us and we will get connected!

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https://t.co/jTZQo9u1Nw

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Q: If no one owns the Moon, can anyone have a right to profit from its resources - or should commercialization require collective consent from humanity?

➡️https://t.co/Mc0q1sRjzn

New Map 🗺️in the "Space Ethics" collection. Made by request by a PhD in martian geology. Ungrounded (for now).

[The Society Library 📖 @SocietyLibrary]

We have often been asked about our epistemological framing, and while we have been actively working in the english-speaking, western (specifically U.S.) context for many years simply due to constraints alone, the @SocietyLibrary's mission is dedicated to knowledge collection and access in expansive ways.

In 2026, a teammate at the SL will be working on an epistemic taxonomy so our rigorous inquiry processes can be even more intentional about accessing the broad spectrums of POVs. Read more in a related news item here: https://t.co/oyL66k3bYO

[The Society Library 📖 @SocietyLibrary]

@0xBGS @donatedotgg Yes absolutely! Most assets of fair market value can be donated to charities, if we are not mistaken.🫶 But on our website we're all set up to take those mentioned earlier! Any contribution is greatly appreciated and helps keep us going and growing!

[The Society Library 📖 @SocietyLibrary]

We are here for it! 🚀 Learn more about The Society Library's origins in the works of Franklin here: https://t.co/82qGiwO9U5

[Cosmos Institute @cosmos_inst]

Our civilization’s new epistemic infrastructure is being built.

This demands builders in the spirit of Franklin who fuse deep thinking about human flourishing with the ability to engineer systems that advance it.

[The Society Library 📖 @SocietyLibrary]

We are still here for it.✊We don't think Franklin's work gets enough attention and we are grateful that the Cosmos Institute is promoting it - even if the article is AI-written!🤷‍♀️ Thank you, though, for the heads up! If you would like to read more about Franklin *directly,* The Society Library has a link to his autobiography on our website: https://t.co/aO3sy6D3wQ 😏 Because, of course, we are "primary source" kind-of-people...though the "true" first edition of Franklin's autobiography, is by our understanding - debatable!

[The Society Library 📖 @SocietyLibrary]

🚀 We've found that sometimes it's difficult for people to keep up with all the tools that the Society Library has built.

🗺️If you would like a tour of the tools, here are some some videos of our biggest hits below (minus our computationally-constructed legislation work; preLLM boom).

🛠️ But you know what's really cool? All of these tools are actually interoperable and work together - with the ultimate goal of being the "legislative branch in a box."

Video of our (automating) our Deliberation Maps:
https://t.co/cQfHNyIeXe and https://t.co/Tbi0VezUnK

Papers Interface:
https://t.co/ryJM9Hdcz7

Perspectives Tool:
https://t.co/tqEPhp2uXs

AI Agents:
https://t.co/06lV7IGH1W

Decision-Making Model:
https://t.co/IOoBcuic3R

[The Society Library 📖 @SocietyLibrary]

@0xBGS @donatedotgg We do accept crypto donations, yes! On the front page of our website it is possible to give with crypto, stock, a DAF, USD, etc. https://t.co/mtfL0n20p1

[The Society Library 📖 @SocietyLibrary]

@JoshuaBrake @cosmos_inst We have been dedicated to digitizing and scaling Benjamin Franklin's Junto for the past 7 years.

[The Society Library 📖 @SocietyLibrary]

@cosmos_inst We are so excited to see others appreciate Franklin and see his enduring relevance! Our legal name is "The Benjamin Franklin Society Library" (DBA The Society Library) since we are literally digitizing and scaling Benjamin Franklin's Junto deliberation techniques with tech + AI.

[Blind Gray Squirrel 🏴‍☠️ @0xBGS]

@SocietyLibrary @Liv_Boeree Really appreciate Jamie Joyce’s thoughts on controversial figures as information sources, I’m more apt to trust the structure of SL knowing someone who values truth over character derangement syndromes is at the helm.