Episodes 17
Avg. Duration 9m
Activity Highly Active
Since Jan 2024
Latest Episode May 2026

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Quarterly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
92%
Hosting
feeds.transistor.fm

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What if we’ve been doing the web wrong? What if, instead of mindlessly browsing, we could be thinking? What if, more than a mere collection of pages, the web could be our collective mind? Open Web Mind is a radical reinvention of the way we capture, explore and share our knowledge. Subscribe to stay in touch as it evolves.

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Plots in Open Web Mind

May 09, 2026 12m

I’ve always enjoyed creating visualizations.The trouble is, it takes a really long time to create these visualizations: research the topic, collate the data, source the images, design the layout and…

Values in Open Web Mind

Feb 12, 2026 5m

The knowledge hypergraph is all about edges between nodes.But it’s not just about relationships between entities.It has cold, hard numbers, too.If you’ve been impressed by what you can do with the…

Minds and melds in Open Web Mind

Nov 28, 2025 3m

Open Web Mind is a knowledge hypergraph that holds all human knowledge.But it’s not a monolith.It’s made up of many individual minds.Each mind is its own knowledge hypergraph. Each has different…

The simplest protocol ever

Jul 31, 2025 5m

Open Web Mind is a hypergraph of nodes and hyperedges.Nothing more.Nothing less.It’s the simplest protocol ever.So how can something so simple hold something as complex as humanity’s…

What is a hyperedge in Open Web Mind?

Jun 19, 2025 11m

I’ve talked about edges in Open Web Mind, representing connections between nodes.But there’s a more precise way to represent connections in Open Web Mind.Hyperedges.Hyperedges are what make Open Web…

Open Web Mind... why now?

Apr 02, 2025 10m

I first imagined minds that might augment our own some three decadesago.Yes, I really am that old, and I have the grey hair to prove it.So why, three decades later, is it finally the right time for a…

What is fire in Open Web Mind?

Feb 26, 2025 7m

How do you think?Fire.The billions of neurons in your brain fire trillions of times a second.How do you think in Open Web Mind?Same answer.Fire.—References:There are billions of neurons in your…

Why is the web written in the wrong language?

Dec 18, 2024 6m

If you go to any web page, chances are you’ll find it’s written in the wrong language.It shouldn’t be written in English.Or Japanese.Or Arabic.The web shouldn’t be written in any language spoken by…

What is flow in Open Web Mind?

Oct 22, 2024 12m

Why is it so hard to flow from one thing to another on the web?In our minds, we flow so easily from one motion to the next, one feeling to the next, one idea to the next.Why can’t it be like this…

AI won't kill Google... here's what will

Aug 22, 2024 16m

Far from killing Google, AI slots seamlessly into their business model.As long as we still go to Google when we want to know something, and as long as Google tells us what we want to know at least as…

How to rank edges in Open Web Mind

Jul 14, 2024 13m

Open Web Mind captures a core characteristic of mind, that some connections between ideas are stronger than others, by ranking these connections.So how does Open Web Mind decide these rankings?This…

What is rank in Open Web Mind?

Jun 05, 2024 7m

You know how some connections in your mind are stronger than others?Every time you think of summer, you think of ice cream.Every time you’re asked to think of an animal, your mind goes to an…

Who closed the web?

Apr 25, 2024 18m

Remember when the web was open?No?Well, I’m not surprised.It’s a long time since the web was the open medium we were promised.Who closed the web?You might be surprised at some of the…

What is an edge in Open Web Mind?

Mar 19, 2024 6m

Open Web Mind is a squillion nodes... connected by edges.So what is an edge in Open Web Mind?Here’s a clue: I just told you everything you need to know about edges.Well... almost everything.In Open…

What is a node in Open Web Mind?

Feb 20, 2024 5m

At its core, Open Web Mind is a squillion nodes.So, you might be wondering, what exactly is a node in Open Web Mind?Here’s the answer to that question in one word:Anything.In Open Web Mind, a node…

What is Open Web Mind?

Jan 27, 2024 5m

Open Web Mind is a radical reinvention of the way we capture, explore and share our knowledge.Here, in seven words, is the essence of Open Web Mind.—Hosted by Mark Jeffery founder of Open Web MindI…

Welcome to humanity's mind

Jan 10, 2024 1m Trailer

What if we've been doing the web wrong? What if, instead of mindlessly browsing, we could be thinking? What if, more than a mere collection of pages, the web could be our collective mind? Open Web…

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Open Web Mind has published 17 episodes since January 2024, covering topics in Philosophy, Society & Culture.

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