Conversation starter for our knowledge-graph session based on Sir Tim Berners-Lee's conversation with Krishnan Guru-Murthy. We will use the graph to map ideas, tensions, and actions as we talk.
- 🎥 Watch/listen: 40-min podcast video (YouTube link) before the event - Youtube Link
- 💡 Bring one insight and one worry you want to map in the graph.
- 🤝 Expect small-group breakouts (up to 8 people per group).
- 🎄 The web launched on Christmas Day 1990 and has reshaped how the world learns and connects.
- 🚫 Engagement-optimized algorithms can be addictive; Sir Tim argues they should be illegal.
- 🤖 AI could outsmart humans; governance must keep pace with rapidly evolving systems.
- ⚖️ The web is both a force for good and a source of harm; we decide which future wins.
- 🗄️ Data sovereignty via Solid "pods" could return control to individuals.
- 🧠 Coding is modern literacy; AI agents should work for people, not corporations.
- 👐 Openness: The web began as "for everyone." How do we reclaim openness and collaboration in a platform-dominated internet?
- 🔄 Re-training tech: Algorithms maximize outrage today. What would it take to incentivize constructive, pro-social behavior instead?
- 📦 Data pods: If individuals control where data lives and how it is shared, how does that shift power from tech giants to citizens?
- 🧭 Competition: Monopolies stifle innovation. How do we foster real technological diversity without breaking essential infrastructure?
- 🌍 Governance: AI is accelerating. What global structures could balance innovation and safety as we race toward artificial superintelligence?
- 🧩 Literacy and agency: If everyone learned to code and design personal AIs (like Sir Tim's "Charlie"), how would that change what society demands from technology?
- 🧭 Navigate: Pan/zoom to explore nodes; click a node to see details, links, and related ideas. Use search to jump to people, themes, or actions.
- 🧰 Layers: Toggle filters to view themes (e.g., openness, governance), stakeholders (citizens, regulators, platforms), or artifacts (links, notes, action items).
- 📎 Add context: Attach sources (clips, quotes, links) to nodes so others can verify and build on them.
- 🔗 Threads: Use edges to capture relationships (support, tension, dependency) rather than just grouping everything in one blob.
- 📝 Create an issue for new questions, missing links, or corrections; include a clear title, short summary, and steps to reproduce any data problems.
- 📤 When adding to the graph, prefer incremental commits: small, descriptive changes are easier to review.
- 🏷️ Tag issues with labels like
question,data-gap,bug, orenhancementso moderators can triage quickly. - 💭 Feel free to propose new node types or views; describe the use case and how it helps the discussion.
- 🔍 Map the trade-offs between openness, safety, and innovation.
- 🧪 Identify actionable experiments (policy, product, education) that steer the web toward pro-social outcomes.
- 🗂️ Leave with a shared, navigable artifact that anyone can extend after the event.