Welcome to Melanie Swan's Open Thought Space wiki!

Project ideas and work in progress, the thought space analog of open notebook science

 

Books, Classes, Course Materials, and Syllabi

• Web3 Blockchain Economic Theory (2025e)
• Blockchain Physics book (2020)
• Blockchain Economics book (2019)
• Blockchain Network Theory
• Philosophy of Economic Theory
• Digital Art and Philosophy 
• Philosophy of Complexity
• DIYelectronics

 

Philosophy (Continental)

• Philosophy of Improvisation
• Complexity: Reading List and Mathematical Methods
• Scale-emergent Journal Club
• Simondon Reading Group
• Technology Philosophy resume and projects
• Overview of Philosophers' Key Points
• Technology Philosophy - New Conceptology (see YouTube video)
• Philosophy Projects (2013)
• Digital Art and Philosophy (2013) (class syllabus)
• Intro: Slides (English), Video (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German language), transcript (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German) 
• Ethics of Perception in Nanocognition
• Intro: Slides (English), Video (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese), Transcript (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German)
• Full talk (English): Video, Transcript.  
• Global Epistemologies Project 
• Live Philosophy Workshop proposed at Singularity University (inspired by Digital Art and Philosophy course)
• Principia Posthuman
• Research Interests
• Philosophy Projects (May 2012) (core theme: thinking about modern technology and its impact on lived human existence)
• Deleuzian Feminisms anthology
• Kingston University program (website, readings), Injustice List

 

Futurism

• Neural Data Rights project
• Empathy-building workshop
• Definitions of Innovation (SU, rhetoric, KU contemporary philosophy, KU art theory)

 

Big Data

• Data analysis tools
• Standard quantitative analysis models
• Number of papers published per year - PubMed
• Word frequency counter
• NSF Funding Awards
• AlchemyAPI
• Apache Solr text analysis tools
• SketchEngine 
• Weft QDA (qualitative text analysis)
• Datameer data analytics
• Pentaho BI platform
• 3rd party Pubmed search tools
• Dendogram (hierarchical data clustering trees)
• Regression
• Classification
• Principle component analysis
• Fourier transforms, Fast Fourier transform (FFT)
• Markov state models, hidden Markov models
• Entropy analysis
• Distribution analysis (e.g.; power law, Gaussian, etc.)
• Progression analysis (e.g.; linear, geometric, exponential, discontinuous)
• Qualitative math
• Network node/group theory/graphing theory analysis
• Complexity, chaos, turbulence, and perturbation modeling
• Receiver–operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis
• List from R Tutorial

 

Future of Life Sciences

• DIYgenomics - Wiki
• Anti-aging programs
• Synthetic biology - DIYbio Resource List
• Life Science Revolution (book outline)
• Biology Futures (presentation outline)
• Patient as advocate: questions for physicians

 

Future of business and economics

• Future Economics
• Singularity Index and Startup Watch List
• Future of Management 
• 21 Century Skill Sets
• New business ideas

 

Future of Technology

• Newtech Roadmaps
• Newtech Watchlist (partial)

 

Fun ideas

• Science fiction ideas
• Neologisms

 

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