# Anirudh Badri

- A [[person]].
- [[twitter]] twitter.com/anirudhbadri
- [[go]] https://roamresearch.com/#/app/ImaginarySolutionsForWeirdFutures/page/v_7J3bv0Q
  - [[good opinions]] vs [[lazy opinions]]
- [[computer science]] background
  - [[dell]]
  - [[rolled dice]]
- [[math]] [[game theory]]

## [[2021-01-20]]
- [[project]] [[rome.works]]
  - exploring market fit
  - high level [[goal]]: build a knowledge economy
    - the platform ([[knowledge graph]]) should be self-sustaining (economically)
    - let people engage in [[commerce]] to address their needs 
    - first target for [[books]]
      - trade-off between (how the medium is supposed to be consumed) and (how to integrate information ideally)
    - "[[book]] as a [[linear medium]] is perfect for [[storage]] but not for [[consumption]]"
- [[example]]
  - [[book]] [[the expanding circle]]
  - our thoughts while we read are like a [[forest]] even though the book is linear
  - you could [[jump]] to other places that reference the same idea
    - [[topic]] [[nlp]]
    - [[topic]] [[book club]]
    - you could suggest highly relevant "[[branches]]" -- other books that touch on [[family]] and then [[tribe]]
  - "writing [[reviews]] seems like an artificial way to talk about a book"
    - [[topic]] [[dialogue]] format
  - [[goal]] reduce [[cognitive load]]
- [[recommendation]] [[frode hegland]] [[augmented text]]
- [[engagement graph]]
- [[gamification]] can be used for [[good]]
  - [[goals]] just need to be aligned with what the users actually want
  - same goes for [[personalization]] / [[filters]]
- [[push]] [[book club]]
  - they work better when they are smaller, one common mistake is that they grow too fast
  - [[abstract fairy]] [[jonathan the utopian]] will be interested
- [[ought]] https://ought.org/updates/2020-11-09-forecasting
- [[topic]] [[aliases]]