Welcome! Ponderer.io is a non-profit platform for the exchange of reason-based thoughts and ideas on society, politics, life, science and philosophy. While reason should be our guide, I fully acknowledge the large role feelings play in forming our views and decisions. Ignoring feelings may not lead to practicable solutions of problems.

Not necessarily more, today’s problems are ever-more present through the lenses of digital media across the social and political spectrum. Ponderer.io seeks to seed reason and evidence-based discussions for the building of bridges across ideological divides. Common ground can be found in the “golden middle” in most cases.

The existence of this middle ground and its perceived neglect was one of two main reasons to get the platform started. The other was the accumulation of thoughts and ideas on a range of topics often at the intersection of the individuum and society, but certainly also my own life experiences. These ought to be brought into contact with the wider world for discussion and refinement. This also means that none of it may be any good, interesting, or let alone popular. Nevertheless, you hopefully find some of the content here enjoyable and thought-provoking.

To contribute to the discussion, you can publicly comment on any post, or privately send an email to input@ponderer.io.

For a standard privacy notice please see here. In short, there is no goal to collect personal information or monetise the platform.

About the author

Ponderer.io is privately created, funded and maintained by Andreas Joseph (username AJ). I am a researcher in my day job working at the intersection between machine learning / artificial intelligence, statistics and macroeconomics. While of certain nerdy interest, the goal is that the gained insights can be used to inform public policy. More information on my research can be found here.