tags: #tl/core #technologicallove/core related notes: # overview Technological love is a systematic web of theory and philosophy written by [[larry muhlstein|larry muhlstein]]. It is intended to capture their understanding of the nature of the world in a precise and technical manner suitable for use as academic theory and philosophy. It is written to be as accessible as possible, using a minimum of jargon and offering internal definitions for technical terms. While all interpretation of language depends upon the beliefs of the reader, we endeavor to communicate as completely and universally as possible. This is especially crucial in the domains of this work where many terms have come to have many meanings, which often results in ambiguity or difficulty for the reader. Reading any technical work is challenging, and we do not endeavor to reduce the complexity of the work in order to aid comprehension, but first to provide maximum precision and clarity and given this, to communicate as completely and concisely as possible. When we notice a need for ties to outside work, we will provide them. # structure The overall structure of the [mind.technological.love](https://mind.technological.love) site is organized into three folders: core, concepts, and connections. The core folder contains documents on the technological love project itself and is a general container for everything that does not live in the other two. The concepts folder contains definitions and commentary on concepts that are crucial to the technological love theory. These are intended to be the building blocks upon which the rest of the work is constructed. The connections folder contains essays and pieces of writing of various lengths, styles, and levels of technical detail. These offer thoughts, interpretations, and connections that tie the work to itself and to the world. We believe that a good theory consists of a web of understanding that illuminates the nature of the world. Traditional linear writing technologies (e.g. a philosophical treatise) offer a curated experience where the reader is guided through a particular path of the theory and where they are required to construct this web in their own mind. This can be challenging for the reader, as such paths are often long, winding, and only partly aligned with their particular interests and curiosities. This is also challenging for the writer, as they have to take this web of understanding and find a singular way to walk the reader through it and give them enough of a tour that they can come to a sufficient understanding. A simple essay often doesn't say enough to contribute to a broad understanding, whereas a complex essay tends not to get written or read. The structure of this site is intended to mimic the natural structure of the theory itself. It is a web of interlinked pages, where each connection page or essay offers a tour that the author thought was worth guiding directly, and where each concept page serve as an anchor for all of the connections that depend upon it. A reader many fluidly explore this thought web in any direction they desire and to whatever extent they wish, whether it is a complete tour of the entire body of work or a shorter visit to a particular topic or even a single page or paragraph. We hope that this structure offers ease both to readers and the author and we welcome feedback on how it may be amended to be useful in greater ways. # dynamics The work is intended to be alive. Changes can and will be made as necessary in order to maintain maximum coherence, clarity, and content. All change histories are stored server side, and we endeavor to make them visible and explorable by readers in the future. Because the format of this work is not consistent with any institutional publications that we know about, we do not currently have a direct mechanism for peer review. Presently, we are focusing on getting the thought web downloaded to this site, and so this is not a priority, however we do welcome informal peer review in the form of feedback, which we are quite open to. We plan to implement a more thorough mechanism for peer review in the future to ensure that the work is as robust and trustable as possible. If you wish to propose a change or believe you have something to contribute to the work, please reach out to [email protected] with the subject line [technological love]. # project name It is intended to reflect the mission of the work, which is to illustrate how technology, when developed under the guidance of love, can be help us to heal our world from the damage that has been caused by technologies that have been created with less understanding. Thich Nhat Hanh teaches that "understanding is love's other name" (see [[love, lines, and understanding]]) and we aspire to embody such universal understanding in our work so that we may do our part to bring balance to humans and our society and move towards a more harmonious world. [[Technological love]], the book project, is about how love works and about how to work with it to heal the world by constructing technologies that ease the flow of love. # citation If you use this work or ideas from this site in your work, please cite it :) If you believe I have made use of your work and failed to cite it, please let me know!