Resources
Papers
Two preprints describe the CogNarr ecosystem and the story graph meaning representation it is built on.
- John C. Boik. CogNarr Ecosystem: Facilitating Group Cognition at Scale. arXiv:2407.18945, 2024. arxiv.org/abs/2407.18945
- John C. Boik. CogNarr Ecosystem: Preliminary Thoughts on a Story Graph Meaning Representation. OSF Preprints, 2024. osf.io/muc29
Earlier work
Earlier work by John Boik on the de novo design of core societal systems and the Local Economic Direct Democracy Association (LEDDA) framework. The About page describes how this line of work led to CogNarr.
- John C. Boik. Economic Direct Democracy: A Framework to End Poverty and Maximize Well-Being. 2014. (book)
- John C. Boik. Science-Driven Societal Transformation, Part I: Worldview. Sustainability 12(17), 6881, 2020. mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/17/6881
- John C. Boik. Science-Driven Societal Transformation, Part II: Motivation and Strategy. Sustainability 12(19), 8047, 2020. mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/19/8047
- John C. Boik. Science-Driven Societal Transformation, Part III: Design. Sustainability 13(2), 726, 2021. mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/2/726
- John C. Boik. First Micro-Simulation Model of a LEDDA Community Currency-Dollar Economy. International Journal of Community Currency Research, 2014. ijccr.net/article/view/9186
Talks
Presentations on CogNarr at the Applied Active Inference Symposium:
- 4th Applied Active Inference Symposium, November 14, 2024 — CogNarr Ecosystem: Facilitating Group Cognition at Scale. youtu.be/nCZZBuk_wmU?t=21687
- 5th Applied Active Inference Symposium, November 14, 2025 — Story Graphs: An Exploration of Use Cases In and Beyond CogNarr. youtu.be/v7aSUMX1nfs?t=14659
Four LiveStreams discuss the 2020–2021 Science-Driven Societal Transformation series:
- LiveStream #021.01: youtu.be/z9ZCjd2rqGY
- LiveStream #021.02: youtube.com/watch?v=MlvyehPDQXg
- LiveStream #021.03: youtube.com/watch?v=idO34jucRIw
- LiveStream #021.04: youtu.be/PakWPvu07OM
Links
- John Boik on Google Scholar: scholar.google.com
- CogNarr ecosystem page at the Active Inference Institute: https://docs.superhuman.com/@active-inference/aii/cognitive-narrative-cognarr-ecosystem-63
- Principled Societies Project — John's prior effort related to the LEDDA framework: principledsocietiesproject.org
The link to the open-source repository will be added after the public release.