zuluwill
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Maker of things.
- Sold Loyalty Bay to Perkbox.
- Building Society Speaks
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Comment · 2 years ago
If its of interest I've just open sourced Society speaks here:https://github.com/zuluwill/Societyspeaks
Comment · 2 years ago
Just open sourced Society Speaks to encourage more nuanced discussion. If its of interest please do get involved. You can try the live version at https://societyspeaks.io/
Comment · 2 years ago
hi, I made this. Yep I use Pol.is under the hood along with some other things. More to come. I'm happy to help. Looking at perhaps open-sourcing this. @gohandizo on twitter
Comment · 2 years ago
SocietySpeaks (https://societyspeaks.io) combines opinion clustering algorithms with geographic context to facilitate better public discourse. Currently hosting discussions on healthcare, technology, climate, and social policy.
All Active Discussions:
Healthcare:
NHS Reform: https://societyspeaks.io/discussions/1/how_should_we_improve... Mental Health: https://societyspeaks.io/discussions/10/mental-health-awaren...
Environment & Economy:
Climate Solutions: https://societyspeaks.io/discussions/12/climate-change-solut... Free Ports Analysis: https://societyspeaks.io/discussions/3/are-free-ports-good-o...
Society & Education:
Digital Wellbeing: https://societyspeaks.io/discussions/13/smartphone-free-chil... Education Future: https://societyspeaks.io/discussions/8/future-of-education Economic Inequality: https://societyspeaks.io/discussions/9/wealth-inequality Housing Access: https://societyspeaks.io/discussions/7/affordable-housing
Technology:
AI Impact: https://societyspeaks.io/discussions/11/ai-and-automation Platform Regulation: https://societyspeaks.io/discussions/5/social-media-regulati...
Policy:
Immigration: https://societyspeaks.io/discussions/6/immigration-reform
Technical implementation:
Flask/Python backend with PostgreSQL Opinion clustering API integration Location-aware discussion filtering Tailwind CSS for responsive design Replit infrastructure Pol.is
Key features:
Real-time opinion cluster visualization Geographic scope filtering (city/country/global) Topic-based categorization Cross-referencing between related discussions Consensus highlighting across viewpoints
The platform integrates research from collective intelligence and deliberative democracy fields, with particular focus on how geographic context influences consensus-building. Current technical focus:
Scaling clustering for larger datasets Geographic verification without compromising privacy Cross-topic relationship mapping Automated moderation systems
Looking for feedback on how i can improve it and make it as useful as possible. Its currently just me and entirely bootstrapped.
Comment · 7 years ago
potentially very dumb question but could you build hydro power solutions(from the ice melt/run off) that you then get clean power from / help cool ice...? So out of my depth here but genuinely curious. Also appreciate building a hydro power plant on a very unstable platform (ice) is problematic just curious of other solutions to generate hydro power...
Comment · 7 years ago
Serious question: what things/science/technology should you work on that can impact this and compound positively over time (outside of just changing your own personal habits, but not to say you shouldn’t do this as well)?
Comment · 7 years ago
serious question: what things should you work on that can have the greatest impact and compound positively (I.e go beyond changing just your personal habits)?
Comment · 9 years ago
but hopefully coming down considerably. Watch this youtube vide of Tony Seba https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b3ttqYDwF0 (Stanford University futurist Tony Seba spent the last decades studying technological disruptions. He argues that the Electric Vehicle, battery storage, and solar power, along with autonomous vehicles, are a perfect example of a 10x exponential process which will wipe )