Kyle Harrison
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Open-Source Knowledge
Ideas as infrastructure, not artifacts
The belief that knowledge should be treated like open-source software — living, interconnected, forkable, and in continuous development — rather than static publications that slowly decay. This encompasses the study and construction of knowledge management systems, collaborative knowledge platforms, and the philosophy that ideas compound fastest when they're publicly legible, modular, and built to be extended by others.
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13 Books
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Recent Essays
2025 in Books Dec 2025
Reshaping Capitalism, Epic World-Building, Collective Self vs. Self-Acceptance, & Mormon Apologetics...
A Latticework of Knowledge Oct 2025
Weaving Together Your Understanding of the Universe...
I Wish I Knew How To Quit Roam Research Aug 2025
Dreaming Of The Global Knowledge Graph...
Key Books
Reinventing Knowledge: From Alexandria To The Internet
Poor Charlie's Almanack
Working in Public
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
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"There should be a good online class that anyone can take on ANY topic, and right now, there isn't. That, to me, is just criminal." — Tyler Cowen