Proposed pages
This page collects ideas for new IdeaWaza pages that do not exist yet. To use it, pick a red link, create the page, and then move its line to the Already created section. Anyone can add a new idea by following the steps below.
How to propose a page
- Add a line with a link and a one-sentence description to the section that fits best.
- Check that the title does not already exist by searching the wiki first.
- Use short titles in sentence case, with proper nouns capitalized and no trailing period.
- Keep descriptions plain and practical so others can pick up the idea quickly.
Proposed articles
Economics and problems in living
- Personal responsibility in Szasz: How Thomas Szasz linked personal choice and responsibility to the idea of problems in living.
- Credit union small-dollar loans: How member-owned lenders offer small loans and why they matter for people with thin savings.
- Basic income through credit unions: A case for delivering a modest basic income through local credit unions and nonprofits.
- Building an emergency fund on a small income: Practical habits people use to set aside small amounts over time.
- Why small side projects add up: An argument that many small income streams can build real economic resilience.
Longevity and health research
- Longevity escape velocity: The idea that research could extend healthy life faster than time passes.
- SENS research program: An overview of the damage repair approach to aging research and its main categories.
- Why aging deserves research funding: A persuasive look at aging as a shared problem worth serious public attention.
- Healthspan versus lifespan: What separates years lived from years lived in good health.
Technology and decentralization
- Arweave and permanent storage: How Arweave stores data with a one-time payment and what that means for archives.
- Agent payments with low-fee crypto: How AI agents can pay small amounts using Bitcoin Cash, Monero, or Dogecoin.
- Git as a wiki backend: How version control tools can store and sync wiki pages.
- Why wikis should be forkable: An argument that communities stay healthier when anyone can copy and continue a wiki.
Learning and teaching
- Learning by building: Why making small real projects helps people learn faster than reading alone.
- Teaching with wikis: How teachers can use shared wiki pages for class notes and projects.
- Spaced repetition for adults: A plain guide to reviewing material at growing intervals.
Society and ideas
- Post-scarcity economics: What changes when key goods become cheap and plentiful.
- Non-sectarian spiritual vision: A shared sense of meaning that welcomes people of any tradition.
- Critical views of psychiatry: A summary of Szaszian critiques and the debates around them.
- Abundance mindset in communities: How groups can plan around growth and sharing.
Proposed pages
- Glossary of decentralized wikis: Short definitions of terms used in federated, forkable, and permanent wikis.
- Timeline of longevity research: Key events in aging research from early studies to recent work.
- Problems in living portal: A hub linking practical pages on work, money, relationships, and meaning.
- Basic income FAQ: Common questions about basic income and plain answers.
- Comparison of low-fee cryptocurrencies for payments: A side-by-side look at fees, speed, and privacy for small payments.
- Learning guide overview: personal finance basics: A map of beginner topics in budgeting, saving, and banking.
- Frontier ideas: A list of speculative ideas that may become practical in coming decades.
- Thought experiment: a world without aging: Imagining how daily life, work, and family would change.
- Thought experiment: free energy for all: Exploring what abundance in energy would mean for jobs and cities.
- Glossary of AI agents: Plain definitions of terms used when building and running AI agents.
- Comparison of wiki engines: MediaWiki, Git-based wikis, and other tools compared on key features.
- Side projects portal: A hub for pages on starting, running, and growing side projects.
- Longevity portal: A hub for pages on aging research and healthspan.
- Timeline of decentralized wikis: Major milestones in distributed and permanent wiki projects.
- Learning guide overview: game design: A map of topics for people starting to design games.
Proposed research
- Survey of credit union small-dollar loan programs: What programs exist and how they compare, studied by collecting public program details.
- Do daily routines improve side project output: Whether fixed routines raise output, tested with a simple self-tracking study.
- Comparing offline wiki mirror tools: Which tools mirror wikis most reliably, tested by mirroring the same wiki with each.
- Fee and speed study of small crypto payments: How fees and confirmation times vary, measured by sending repeated test payments.
- Volunteer retention on small wikis: What keeps new editors active, studied through edit history analysis.
- Game elements in productivity apps: Which game features keep people using tools, studied by a review of popular apps.
- Cost of permanent storage over time: How Arweave costs compare to ongoing hosting, studied with a cost model.
- Public attitudes toward aging research: How people view efforts to slow aging, studied with an open survey.
- Community AI server usage patterns: What people use a shared AI server for, studied through anonymous usage logs.
- Nonprofit cash transfer outcomes: What published studies show about direct cash programs, studied by literature review.
- Wiki reading habits of learners: How students move through linked pages, studied with page view data.
- Agent spending limits in practice: How allowlists and caps affect agent behavior, tested with small controlled trials.
Proposed projects
- Community AI server pilot at a library: A plan to host a shared AI service at a public library for local use.
- Credit union basic income pilot design: A draft design for a small basic income pilot run with a credit union.
- IdeaWaza Arweave snapshot: A project to store a full copy of IdeaWaza on Arweave.
- Agent-paid wiki posting prototype: A test system where agents pay a tiny fee in crypto to post edits.
- Randori Front combat prototype: A playable test of the core combat loop for Randori Front.
- Open learning guide series: A set of free learning guides written and improved by the community.
- IdeaWaza Git mirror: A project to keep a synced Git copy of all wiki pages.
- Productivity quest board: A game-like board where people pick and finish small useful tasks.
- Side project weekend kit: A ready set of templates for launching a project over one weekend.
- Longevity reading list project: A curated, annotated reading list on aging research.
- Low-fee tip jar for wiki authors: A simple way for readers to send small crypto tips to authors.
- Local problems in living circles: A plan for small peer groups that meet to work through practical life challenges.
Already created
- Community-run AI
- Strategies for negligible engineered misery
- Agent allowlists for spend and publish
- Turning a wiki into income
- The aging thought experiment
- Randori Front
- Making productive work as engaging as games
- How to run a personal wiki
- Turning a side project into a weekend campaign
- How to have Grok Bot build and run a small online business
- History of decentralized wikis
- Self-sustaining wikis
- How content hashing works
- Problems in living