Other Realm Task List

Web Presence –

Other Us - https://github.com/other-realm/otherus

• A web app that serves as a way of connecting fellow live expansionists 

  • Social networking function

    • A sort of "ok cupid/tinder/bumble" for transhumanists

    • A better/more feature rich user interface than the above example websites that is not behind any kind of paywall (money sources is described below)

    • For connecting people to work on projects and discus new ideas

    • A coordinating place for physical events 

    • A method for forming intentional communities and testing alternative ways of living

  • Physical testing of various unique or undertested scientific and/or social ideas related to shared consciousness.

    • A guess the number app

      • A random number is given to 40% of participants and a blank input box is given to the rest of the participants.  (May change this % after more thorough reading of literature on this kind of testing^[1],[2],[3])  It is the goal to have the participants who were not given a number to try and beat a random chance that they get it right.

      • Multiple versions: guess a number out of a thousand, guess a binary choice, guess a trinary choice, or have the number of options be user selectable and have groups for each number.

    • A collaborative graphics creation app

      • Basically, a graphic diffusion model, where the "noise" comes from many humans trying to arrive at a single image, with the only method of collaborating being through collective thought that is read through an EEG and/or other BCI methods

    • Various memory tests, only the "memory" being tested is distributed to multiple people

      • A modifications to the classic 'N-Back' memory test, where characters/words flash on the screen and you need to remember whether the word that flashed 'N' iterations in the past is now showing again or if the word is new.  In this version you may also have objects that are given to someone else in this mix that you need to try and decern if they had that word, if you had that word, or if no one had it.  There will be several versions, the standard random letter that flashes by, a random symbol/graphic flash version, a random word flash, and a sentence construction version where people need to create the same sentence without communicating externally at all.

World Pieces 

• A system of incentivizing people to contribute to open source code – basically a structured version of GitHub Sponsors that gives monetary values to tasks outstanding, probably integrate with GitHub/GitLab.

  • A more direct and accountable way of donating/subscribing to things than just giving money and a better means of direct meritocracy. 

  • A subscription/donation model where subscribers get to chose tasks they want completed each month and people who complete the tasks get the money that it was allocated towards, with some of the money going to a general pool to fund ongoing upkeep needs, possibly funding operative members. 

  • Will have physical (i.e., nondigital things in the real world) tasks

  • Will have the ability to donate physical infrastructure/money towards the purchase of equipment in addition to service tasks

oShoe

• An initiative to improve the gait of the millions of people who have trouble walking.  This is currently on the back burners but still making occasional progress.

A better open source EEG (and other brain/reader/writer units)

• The current options for EEG units are still limited to things that are expensive and/or limited in scientific rigger and robustness in durability and ease of use and/or are proprietary and difficult to extend.

• Requires much more physical capacity than the web presence tasks, possibly work with an existing institute of higher learning or social enterprise.

• Works in conjunction with Other Us

• Is a good project to teach people brain computer interfaces (BCIs)

Other Brain Extending Methods

• Assembloids that mesh with robot swarms and the BCIs

Build the physical infrastructure

The idea is to create an intentional community and have a place to do experiments and enjoy the company of people who also are seeking to sustainably improve their health and abilities

Location

• There are many factors that need to be considered

• Possibly have the selection and development process be a feature of Other Us and/or the Entropy video series

• There is cheap land in California, but there are no resources nearby, including water.

Possibly already identified locations:

• There is land in Maine that, although it cannot be the only or main location where The Other Realm sets up permanent shop due to the desire for it to remain largely undeveloped, could be a gathering place where we begin until a more permanent location is established.  This land is ideal for those wanting to do "back to nature" sort of DIY things but not so much the more high-tech sort of things The Other Realm is gearing towards. The goal, therefore, assuming we approach scaleup using this resource, is to create the basic resources necessary to support approx. 6-16+ people living together.  There is currently a small cabin that can sleep 6-8 people in a kind of "camping" style setup (people sleeping together in sleeping bags on inflatable mats and one beat-up foam mattress) but there is no running water, and the only source of electricity is a small solar panel.

  • List of tasks needed to make the land more hospitable 

    • Get a source of clean water: several approaches, of varying levels of costs vs complexity vs need for many iterations and development. 

      • The most straightforward approach is to have a well drilled, this however, can cost tens of thousands of dollars (although the water table is probably fairly close to the service because there is a 10–15-foot backhoe dug well [not drinkable] that has water for most of the year, so it may be able to be done for under 10k)

      • Create a DIY condensation/geothermal/solar water creation setup.  Basically, create a bunch of coils of copper tubing that cool off by going down into the ground and increase the humidity by increasing the air temperature around the cool coils.

      • Use an existing osmosis purification system (semi-DIY) plus a number of different dirty water sources

    • Create another building where more people can live.  Several ideas that use mostly sustainable material on the land but definitely require a lot of trial and error:

      • Current idea is to use the myriad of young saplings that are rapidly consuming the blueberry field and make walls of intertwined branches.  Then use coastal shoreline clay (or other clay sources that are not so smelly) to close the holes and make the walls smooth.

      • It would be awesome to build a stone house with the rocks on the blueberry field.  This was the original plan for the land, the current log cabin that was built 40-50 years ago was supposed to be just a "quick" thing (but took numerous years to finish in reality). This would probably require a tractor, but we could start trying this approach using a winch, cable, pullies and some logs tied together to make a fulcrum.  Still a lot of work, regardless.

      • A mostly underground structure is another option or a combination of one of the two. 

        • Need to make sure there is ample air ventilation and generally ways to ensure the underground part does not fill with mold and mildew

        • Possibly use fiberoptic cables and parabolic mirrors to light the room

        • Could be a cool "hidden" place kind of thing