CodeWOW:About

Code Worlds of Wisdom (CodeWOW) brings together a group of people to create moral and ethical codes. Here, we explore behaviors, discovering our values.

In a sense, we can view moral and ethical codes as digital information. Like other digital information, such as music or movies or books or software, we can edit and collaborate with each other. Here, we are all moral coders, ethical engineers. Does that sound scary? It is! This is what life is all about.

At CodeWOW, we take on the big questions. What gives life meaning? What is your destiny? We believe that people -- moral agents -- create destiny, define the future, live life, in the context of our conditions and our tools. By taking on these open questions, we aim to improve our understanding and our ability to change the fundamental values of our lives.

What to do

You can read existing philosophy, contribute suggestions, start your own philosophy, or join a group philosophy.

At this point, we have many existing codes, springing from our history. In billions of years of cosmic evolution, and millions of years of biological evolution, and thousands of years of cultural evolution, we have developed techniques of living that serve us well in various environments. Now, with ongoing advances in technology, we face many situations for which traditional wisdom falls short. As our community continues to grow, we face new difficulties, and we need new techniques of living.

CodeWOW covers what we think is in the future, what we think should be in the future, and what to do in order to create the future that we want.

We welcome your contributions!

How can I contribute?

First and foremost, you can code a philosophy.

We welcome you to contribute your own point of view. Your beliefs matter. Overall, we want you to share your personal philosophy, and the philosophy of your social groups, while helping other people to develop their own philosophies.

For more information on contributing, please see our contributor guidelines.

Why CodeWOW?

We want to build a world in which people act towards their own critical values. Our mission is to enable people to understand and realize our dreams.

In any specific sphere of life, for example dealing with cars, work, technology, or relationships, we intuitively recognize that what we put in affects what get out. Doesn't this apply in life generally? When it comes to the deepest or highest questions, our life meanings, why do we so often abandon responsibility and do nothing, or let happen what may, or rely on arbitrary and unreliable sources?

In these questions, above all, shouldn't we delve into the details of what codes we should live by?

According to CodeWOW, yes, we should!

What else?

We recognize many different philosophical approaches, some competing and some complementary. We also recognize many challenges, such as previous failures in efforts to engineer better ways of life. However, overall we have a positive perspective, in our belief that critical efforts can yield improvements in our knowledge and skill at fulfilling our own values.

CodeWOW uses semantic software. As such, we can characterize CodeWOW as collaborative computational moral data management.

Please send feedback to code@worldsowisdom.com.