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      <description>Last 1000000000 notes on 🧠 Defender&#039;s Public Mind</description>
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    <title>ORI 2.0 &lt;-&gt; KayOS</title>
    <link>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/ORI-2.0-%3C-%3E-KayOS</link>
    <guid>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/ORI-2.0-%3C-%3E-KayOS</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ github.com/open-Research-Institute/public-mind-template
openresearchinstitute.org/actual.html
Sam Senchal // Machine Consciousness Conf talk ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:58:12 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Our Last Psyop</title>
    <link>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/Our-Last-Psyop</link>
    <guid>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/Our-Last-Psyop</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ github.com/Kat-Stack/netwar-con

Get Lukas as designer

This will launch Prosocial Engineering.
And the two key projects that ORI needs: (1) Anatomy of an Internet Argument (2) A/B/U book ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:58:12 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Presentation Night</title>
    <link>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/_/Presentation-Night</link>
    <guid>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/_/Presentation-Night</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ “reflection” theme

Foxy
Andrea
Karl
Omar &amp; the court
“Jungle” reflection

Also the money thing / how much money does it take to run the event? ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:58:12 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>🍺 Cup</title>
    <link>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%8D%BA-Cup</link>
    <guid>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%8D%BA-Cup</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ TODO: finish adding my budget here / link to an actual spreadsheet with all the line items? Or generate that from the Chase bank account?
2026

7k per month from Ronen V (Feb - April. Total: 21k)
(pending) renewing contract with Ronen V

Spent:

$5k Katt - for June Ithaca trip &amp; Netwar Con work

(this came from leftover 2025 budget)


$5k for Raphael - for ORI fiscal ops + merch store
$2k for Ben G - for helping me deliver work for the initial Ronen V february contract
$1.2k Tasshin - mediation service with Xiq
Daily coffee + SF trip (800 flight) + Laptop for Katt (1k)
Domain names (ProsocialEngineering, OpenResearchInstitute, IthacaSocialCircle)


2025

$20k from Ronen V
$50k from Kanro
$3.5k Analogue

Spent ~$50k in grants ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:58:12 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>🌳 Ithaca NY</title>
    <link>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/plurs/%F0%9F%8C%B3-Ithaca-NY</link>
    <guid>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/plurs/%F0%9F%8C%B3-Ithaca-NY</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ 
Ithaca Social Circle
Presentation Night



Juliet
Shaun

 ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:58:12 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>🔦 Ronen V</title>
    <link>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/plurs/%F0%9F%94%A6-Ronen-V</link>
    <guid>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/plurs/%F0%9F%94%A6-Ronen-V</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ 
secondary budget for projects?

list of the projects I’ve supported and how much I’ve spent on them
Volky $10k
David Rug $9k
Oz $5k


 ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:58:12 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Ialdabaoth</title>
    <link>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/sings/Ialdabaoth</link>
    <guid>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/sings/Ialdabaoth</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ 
github.com/Ialdabaoth/Ialdabaoth
 ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:58:12 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>index</title>
    <link>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/sings/</link>
    <guid>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/sings/</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ 
Mo (x.com/0xmmo)
Ben G
Tasshin
Malcolm / Morphenius
 ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:58:12 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>⭕️ Benjamin Isaac</title>
    <link>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/sings/%E2%AD%95%EF%B8%8F-Benjamin-Isaac</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[ 
ouroboroslitherin@protonmail.com
x.com/calculastrology

Connect re:emergent ventures / Tyler Cowen grant?
Help finding a contract / IP lawyer ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:58:12 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>⭕️ Katt</title>
    <link>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/sings/%E2%AD%95%EF%B8%8F-Katt</link>
    <guid>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/sings/%E2%AD%95%EF%B8%8F-Katt</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ 🧠 Public mind: github.com/Kat-Stack/Kat-Stack

Faraday (Caleb / Mimi)

x.com/alphamemelabz
Reach him on Whatsapp



“Virts” social network - x.com/VirtSocial


x.com/TheVatStack



“team psyop hackathon”
“the tee-graphy”
“teaching people how to become information operators”
“real outcomes from digital space” ✅

villagers
“livestream”

squad forming? squad size?
example spice card?
outpost narrative building exercise ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:58:12 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>⭕️ Raphael</title>
    <link>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/sings/%E2%AD%95%EF%B8%8F-Raphael</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:58:12 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>💡 Joshua</title>
    <link>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/sings/%F0%9F%92%A1-Joshua</link>
    <guid>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/sings/%F0%9F%92%A1-Joshua</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ Podcast or Call huttj.substack.com/podcast ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:58:12 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>💡 Matthew</title>
    <link>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/sings/%F0%9F%92%A1-Matthew</link>
    <guid>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/sings/%F0%9F%92%A1-Matthew</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ 
substack.com/@culturaltechnology/notes

Matthew is the host of Love Symposium, an annual SF conference that invited me speak in Nov. He also is the host of Relationship Singularity relationshipsingularity.org/#about ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:58:12 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>💼 David - KayOS</title>
    <link>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/sings/%F0%9F%92%BC-David---KayOS</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:58:12 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>💡 Nosilverv</title>
    <link>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/%F0%9F%97%82%EF%B8%8F-archived-minds/%F0%9F%92%A1-Nosilverv</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[ 
Endorsement
 ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:58:12 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>🧠 Defender&#039;s Public Mind</title>
    <link>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/</link>
    <guid>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ This blog reflects what is “currently on my mind”. Forked from the ORI Public Mind template. ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:02:35 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>⭕️ ORI Entry Point</title>
    <link>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%E2%AD%95%EF%B8%8F-ORI-Entry-Point</link>
    <guid>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%E2%AD%95%EF%B8%8F-ORI-Entry-Point</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ TODO
Original template: openresearchinstitute.org/public-mind-template/%E2%AD%95%EF%B8%8F-ORI-Entry-Point

Draft notes for now:
I run Prosocial Engineering (prosocialengineering.org/), an open source intelligence agency. My goal is to kick off the Human Memome Project, which is just “what does a global big picture view of human civilization look like?” Is it collapsing or is it a flourishing upward spiral? In what direction are we go?
Blaise Aguera’s “Who Are We Now?” (2024) was a static snapshot of humanity in this current moment in time. I want an ongoing live feed of the motion &amp; evolution of humanity, that we can start to self direct once we see it.

“Memetics is meditation for the collective”
“in meditation you take a thought and ask ‘where did this thought come from’. In memetics, someone sends you an essay and you ask “how &amp; when did this enter your awareness?”
x.com/DefenderOfBasic/status/1943674691261956252

See also:

defenderofthebasic.substack.com/p/the-last-psyop
defenderofthebasic.substack.com/p/launching-ori-early-access
defenderofthebasic.substack.com/p/irl-anatomy-of-an-internet-argument

And Defender’s “origin story” here: defenderofthebasic.substack.com/p/geoffrey-hinton-on-developing-your
This is a good README for how Defender’s public character works when it is engaging in “good faith debate” (file this under “Anatomy of an Internet Argument”): defenderofthebasic.substack.com/p/delusions-of-splendeur ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:02:35 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>👾 Newgrounds</title>
    <link>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/plurs/%F0%9F%91%BE-Newgrounds</link>
    <guid>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/plurs/%F0%9F%91%BE-Newgrounds</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ TODO: Add Psychogoldfish discord “call for council of elders” // plus my weekly posts I want to be doing on there ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:02:35 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>🌳 Andrea</title>
    <link>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/sings/%F0%9F%8C%B3-Andrea</link>
    <guid>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/sings/%F0%9F%8C%B3-Andrea</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ 
context101.substack.com/about
www.youtube.com/@ourcrisesincontext



June 3rd Plant Parenthood (Presentation Night spinoff) at Soil Factory
“Are we okay” Ithaca event series - www.milkweedpsych.com/service-page/are-we-okay

May 24 notes
shelterbeltfarm.com/contact/ (Erica)
Annuals → Perennials (more robust, deeper roots)
“Agroforestry” // who’s doing it in Ithaca
“Are we okay?”

Emma Nelson &amp; Herb
Audrey Macdougal

“the world is black &amp; white” → Japan
“next year’s famines”
“the chemical plant that’s gonna explode, next to Disneyland” (California) ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:02:35 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>👾 Ian Lilley</title>
    <link>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/sings/%F0%9F%91%BE-Ian-Lilley</link>
    <guid>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/sings/%F0%9F%91%BE-Ian-Lilley</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ 
x.com/ianlilleyt
ex That Game Company
 ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:02:35 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>👾 Nick - TAG</title>
    <link>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/sings/%F0%9F%91%BE-Nick---TAG</link>
    <guid>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/sings/%F0%9F%91%BE-Nick---TAG</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ 
x.com/xelubest
thoseawesomeguys.com/publishing/

Podcast call with Defendant: docs.google.com/document/d/11Sp0fqrOYZ_Dnvt7EuNZh-_EKPNHyolU1fd_85JzRo0/edit#heading=h.mmrvdna5v7a5 ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:02:35 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Loopholekid</title>
    <link>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/%F0%9F%97%82%EF%B8%8F-archived-minds/Loopholekid</link>
    <guid>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/%F0%9F%97%82%EF%B8%8F-archived-minds/Loopholekid</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ “building gov tech”

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frieren → hiding her mana // hiding her power level
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fabelmans
“narcissistic glow”
memory bank of what happened last time they handed power
“inductive phrases” →
transduction coherence broadcast
what3words!!! for noosphere
$3 million handwriting recognition → “stale shitty deals”
“corrosive”

would i feel good bringing a kid into this context
“what are the core values we can agree on explicitly, that we can count on as a spine”

and why are you doing all this



“grounding layer // otherwise psychotic breaks” “no repression” // “cannot perform the primitive repression” // “don’t have capacity to dissipate”
“minimum viable structure” →
interpersonal network capable of doing the stress dissipation
“prosocial infinite game - live player types”
“syncing between geographically disparate people” → routing capability through stress dissipation mesh

how to converge on truth, without starting a retaliation spiral
trying to do it in Toronto - “2 layer gov problem”
Ontario gov, Toronto city gov
“stitching together fabric between these 2 layers” // civic tech
 ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:02:35 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>⛩️ Sam Senchal</title>
    <link>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/%F0%9F%97%82%EF%B8%8F-archived-minds/%E2%9B%A9%EF%B8%8F-Sam-Senchal</link>
    <guid>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/%F0%9F%97%82%EF%B8%8F-archived-minds/%E2%9B%A9%EF%B8%8F-Sam-Senchal</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ 
Joschua Bach
Levin &amp; Wolfram &amp; Platonic symposium

talk prep
KayOS

Shape of the Superstructure

(1) “what is the shape?” (2) “does seeing it let us derive … ?”
what is observer, from atom → human
slide 3 …
slide 4 … SOMETHING NEW APPEARS
slide 5 … it is not flat, ⭐️ it has a shape

causation can run down
“each level access more of the Ruliad than the last”
“permanent point” (the limit)


slide 6  ⭐️

“lives in the coupling, not the nodes”
CAN A MACHINE BECOME A NODE IN THE TOWER
“it moves the idea layer faster than anything before it”


slide 7

“how far it falls off the optimal gradient”
“choices that accumulate structure / low cost &amp; high return”
METTALIGNMENT / COMPUTATIONAL ETHICS
“not invented, but discovery of which way is up”


slide 8

“systems that have survived the longest, compress that structure best”
⭐️ “we got far, without the maths”



“Omar’s basins, composition of basins”
“find gradient descent across the basins”
GREY OUT (slide 3)
“consciousness is not binary yes/no, it’s a scale”
“access point, not a compute”
BULK of human experience is subconscious

each slide preq vs new
 ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:02:35 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>⬟ Ogi Ogas</title>
    <link>https://https://defenderofbasic.github.io/DefenderOfBasic/%F0%9F%93%9E-External-Minds/plurs/%E2%AC%9F-Ogi-Ogas</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[ 
Stephen Grossberg math class?
 ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:31:56 GMT</pubDate>
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