Is TW the first and perhaps only "epistemologically and ethically correct" software on the planet?

#1

I have been looking for a long time for a software that can both represent my thoughts accurately and at the same time embodies the moral principles I value. None satisfied my wishes until I have found TW:

  1. Epistemology: As I understand it, with adequate programatic knowledge TW can structure information in any way. It’s simply a matter of programming…

  2. Ethics: As I understand it, although Jeremy is the owner of TW, it really belongs to and is owned by “the people”. (I say this with respect, not disrespect for Jeremy.).
    Open-source means “you cannot lie”.
    Free means it is accessible to anyone with an electronic device.
    TW itself and the TW community is “self-organizing” where the system creates, teaches, corrects itself.
    Instead of someone “winning” and someone “losing”… everyone can benefit from everyone else’s work…

Isn’t this how people are supposed to operate?
Isn’t this how it “should be”?
Is it not plain and simple logic that all software and more generally speaking social structures should operate in this manner?

Is TW a model for all future software?

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#2

I think it is all you say and more, and tiddlywiki is unique in itself. However there is an open source movement has created such “commons” for decades and is always growing. Consider Firefox wordpress wikipedia and wiki media to name a few of my favs. TiddlyWiki is revolutionary, and Jeremy’s participation critical but it is part of a revolution as well.

#3

coreBOS has a similar philosophy, we match on many points and are very aligned with the TW mindset. It is an exceptional and incredible product, definitely an example to follow!

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#4

Beautifully written!

That might be so. To me the best part is how much we are able to do with tiddlywiki without being programmers. Power to end users to form a tool, they use in daily life for many, many years.

Unfortunately it is always possible to lie and cheat. The theory is, that the source is open and everyone can see, what is in it. How many that in reality does that and understand the full implications is something else. (I would very much like to be corrected on that one)

Friendly and helpful community is a very important ingredient.

In a small scale I have experienced it - not anything to do with software. But as a teenager and until moving from home I lived at a boarding school very much following those principles. The world around us did not - and I went to school outside of this beautiful enclave.

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