Building a civilisation
of dialogue.
The Optimum Pareto Foundation was created to seek systemic pathways for social and civilisational development that takes place peacefully with respect for everyone's interests. Looking at historical and civilisational processes in a broad perspective, we recognise good dialogue as a phenomenon that will testify to the long-term success of humanity. We stand on the side of democratic and rational public discourse that produces solutions fed by shared values and the wisdom of generations.
A Civilisation of Dialogue is a state in which public discourse is more powerful than armed conflict, in which a good argument is more powerful than a dictator, in which technologies help us concretise and realise our values instead of exploiting our instincts. It remembers its past and its wisdom, but knows its historical moment and looks boldly to the future. It has the capacity to make mistakes, learn from each other, cooperate and coordinate. In the Civilisation of Dialogue, your rationale and the rationale of every conscious being counts.
Mission expressed in technology
Swarmcheck
To enhance the civilisational role of good dialogue, we are creating an argumentative technology that combines natural human intelligence with collective and artificial intelligence. This project lies at the heart of our business. We are committed to ensuring that enjoyable computer-assisted conversation leads to the best decisions, regardless of who is speaking, but which rationale is behind the conclusions. With Swarmcheck, complex decision-making processes and the values behind them can be transparently traced. By participating in multi-person thinking and argumentation, the same mistakes are not made and solutions can be discovered that no individual would have come up with on their own.
What is optimum Pareto?
Progress for the benefit of allPareto efficiency occurs when the individual's development respects the interests of the environment. Progress that does not harm others is a better strategy for the individual than 'selfish' behaviour and the best strategy for the group as a whole. At the Foundation, we therefore seek systemic, dialogical solutions that lead to optimum social development.
People associated with the Foundation
Marcin Woźniak,
Chairman of the Board
Marcin realises a vision of a world where people build solutions on a foundation of knowledge accumulated over generations, instead of having unproductive arguments on the internet. He cares about the future of artificial intelligence, democracy and being kind to people, animals and robots.
Jakub Zygucki,
Vice-President of the Board
Jakub is responsible for running the operational and management activities of the organisation. He gets along well with people, perhaps because he also founded the Leaven brewery. He is highly competent in law, economics and business development and moderately competent in ivy and banana farming.
Łukasz Wilisowski,
Member of the Board
Łukasz is the leader and mentor of the development team. He combines strong programming skills, knowledge of the best technologies and artificial intelligence available and the ability to complete a triathlon in a weekend. He ensures software security and a pleasant working atmosphere.
Jan Cieślak
Graduate in philosophy at the Jagiellonian University. Coordinator of the project In 7 Days Around Science. At the Foundation, in addition to organising and leading workshops, he is involved in argumentation mapping and consulting for the public sector. In his spare time, he travels and plays the piano.
dra Katarzyna Krawerenda-Wajda
Graduate of philosophy and religious studies at the Jagiellonian University. Her scientific interests concern the new humanities and especially the posthumanist understanding of things, the problematic of the possibility of machine consciousness and brain research in this perspective. In her free time, she gardens and explores the secrets of psychotherapy.
Juli Kożuch
Studies computer science (on purpose) and econometrics (by accident) at the Cracow School of Economics and Computer Science. Deaf "fighter" for the implementation of facilities and the levelling of thresholds for Deaf people in the hearing community. He spends his free time reading about art, reading reportages and ethnographic books and being an academic scout of the Polish Scouting Association.
Krzysztof Turek
Graduate in Philosophy at the Jagiellonian University and in Economics at the Cracow University of Economics. Doctoral student at the Doctoral School of the UEK. Professionally, he has gathered experience in market research, project management and financial markets. His publications focus on developing a broader humanistic perspective for economic sciences.
Agnieszka Proszewska
PhD Candidate in Philosophy and Literature Studies, Master's student in Applied Computer Science at the Jagiellonian University. Professionally, Agnieszka is a University Teacher and at Swarmcheck an Argumentation Logic Specialist and a budding Scrum Master. Academically, she studies the metaphilosophy of formal methods and investigates the applications of logical and structural representation methods to philosophical problem solving. When she takes a break from the computer, she plays Candy Crush Saga (level 10881 and counting) on her phone.
Rachel “Preppikoma” Palm
Futurist and metascientist, Master in Philosophy and History. At Pedagogical University of Krakow, currently fInAlIsInG a PhD dissertation on gains in scientific knowledge quantification, posthuman ethics, and existential risks. At Swarmcheck, deals mainly with meta-argumentation. EduVRlab researcher at AGH University of Science and Technology, board member at Polish Transhumanist Association. In the academic year 2022–2023, activising communities of the aforementioned universities via Centre for Effective Altruism’s University Group Accelerator Program.
Fundacja Optimum Pareto
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