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, a proposed reconstruction from a Second Renaissance discussion, and an invented example that includes a trial and reports. Each record says where it comes from and who has accepted what.
How can humane institutions gain the capacity to endure while keeping their members in control? A proposed map from a Second Renaissance discussion.
The goalHumane institutions can survive and spread while retaining autonomy and care, within ecological limits and without catastrophic destruction.
Two people building a tool for reasoning together, and using it to work out how to get it used.
The goalThe Logical Thinking Process, made accessible through AI, is used in the world to help people think and act better together.
A parent, a head teacher, a baker, a council officer and a neighbour make the school run safe without emptying the street of customers.
The goalEvery child at Willow Lane Primary can walk, scoot or cycle to school safely.
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.