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Work Log: Building the OGM 2025-11-06 Wiki

This page documents the process of creating this comprehensive wiki from the OGM community call transcript and chat log.

Phase 9: Wiki Reorganization (November 6, 2025 - Later)

User Request

Peter requested a major reorganization:

Execution

New Home Page (README.md):

Details About This Wiki.md:

Concept Index.md:

File Reorganization:

Result

The wiki now has:

Users can now:

  1. Start at README for overview
  2. Use Concept Index to browse by category
  3. Read Details for full context
  4. Navigate via wikilinks throughout

Technical Notes

The reorganization maintains:

Next Step: Update all [[README]] links to [[README]] throughout the moved files.

Original Wiki Creation Process

Overview

Date: November 6, 2025 (wiki created same day as call) Tool Used: Claude Code (Anthropic's agentic AI assistant) Source Materials:

Final Result: 90 interlinked wiki pages with 6,500+ lines of documentation

Phase 1: Initial Setup and Planning

User Request

Peter asked for comprehensive analysis and synthesis of the OGM call, noting:

My Planning Approach

I created a todo list with 8 tasks:

  1. Read full transcript
  2. Analyze chat log
  3. Extract entities
  4. Create wiki structure
  5. Generate participant pages
  6. Create chat conversation summaries
  7. Create entity index pages
  8. Commit and push

Key Decision: Use wiki-style navigation rather than a single document to enable exploration from multiple entry points.

Phase 2: Reading and Analysis

Challenge: Transcript Size

The transcript was 38,085 tokens - exceeded the 25,000 token read limit!

Solution: Read in chunks, starting with first 2,000 lines to identify participants and structure.

Discoveries

Participant Count: Found 13 participants (Gemini had captured 11):

Chat Richness: The chat log was surprisingly rich with:

Major Themes Emerged:

Phase 3: Wiki Structure Creation

Main Index Page

Created Index.md as the entry point with sections for:

Design Decisions

Filename Convention:

Link Style:

Phase 4: Participant Pages (13 pages)

Approach

For each participant, I went beyond the Gemini takes by:

Examples

Scott Moehring: Expanded remixability concept, added his chat contributions about curiosity/attention and environmental neurodiversity hypothesis

Jerry Michalski: Wove together his Mr. Rogers story, Dan Brown reading, non-local consciousness theory, and psilocybin experience into a coherent narrative

Klaus Mager: Connected his frustration with climate warnings to his concrete solutions for regenerative agriculture economics

Doug Breitbart: His tab groups discovery as both personal breakthrough and example of environmental neurodiversity

Writing Style

Phase 5: Entity Pages (3 major pages)

Books and Publications

Comprehensive catalog including:

Challenge: Extracting all the links from chat while maintaining context

People Referenced

Created mini-profiles for:

Approach: Include why they were relevant to the discussion, not just who they are

Organizations and Initiatives

Grouped by type:

Phase 6: Theme and Concept Pages (5 initial pages)

Created deep-dive pages on major topics:

AI Financial Bubble: Mike's concerns, the three bubbles, investment questions, poll results

Field of Sheaves: Pete's ambitious AI-assisted synthesis project

Non-Local Consciousness: Jerry's integration of multiple sources into coherent theory

Remixability: Scott's concept with Kevin MacLeod example

Chat Thread - Curiosity Decline: Synthesized the rich discussion from multiple participants

Writing Philosophy

Each page told a complete story:

Phase 7: The Orphan Page Challenge

Discovery

After initial commit, Peter noted broken links - pages that were referenced but didn't exist yet.

Count: 67 orphan pages!

My Approach

Format for Each Orphan Page:

> **Note**: This topic was mentioned during the OGM 2025-11-06 call
> in [context], but was not a main focus of discussion. This page
> provides background on the concept.

Then:

Categories of Orphan Pages

Mentioned but not discussed deeply:

Tools and technologies:

Organizations mentioned briefly:

People referenced:

Concepts that emerged:

Systems thinking:

Creative Decisions

GABA and Filtering: Treated as scientific concept with connection to consciousness theories

Environmental Neurodiversity: Scott's hypothesis deserved full treatment - it was a genuine insight

Revolutionary Legos: Gil's phrase captured something important about remixability

Sourdough as Metaphor: David's half-formed idea worth preserving

Phase 8: Quality and Consistency

Cross-Referencing

Every page links to:

Disambiguation

Created redirect pages where needed:

Voice and Tone

Maintained:

Reflections and Insights

What Worked Well

Rich Source Material: The combination of transcript AND chat was gold. Chat filled in what transcript missed.

Early Structure: Creating Index first gave me a map to follow.

Progressive Enhancement: Starting with participants, then entities, then concepts built naturally.

Todo List: Breaking into tasks kept me focused and showed progress.

Challenges Overcome

Scale: 38,085 token transcript required chunked reading approach.

Complexity: 13 participants × multiple topics × chat threads = complex web to capture.

Orphan Pages: 67 additional pages was more than expected, but each added value.

Voice Balance: Maintaining neutrality while capturing passion of discussions.

Interesting Patterns

Conversation Threads: The curiosity/attention discussion was richer than any single check-in.

Cross-Pollination: Doug's tab groups connected to Scott's environmental neurodiversity, Pete's observations about AI adoption, Mike's overstimulation.

Hidden Gems: Stacey's "two truths and a lie" was brief but profound.

Meta Moments: The call itself demonstrated themes it discussed (information overload, need for synthesis tools).

What I Learned

About the Community:

About Synthesis:

About AI-Assisted Knowledge Work: This wiki is itself an example of what Pete described:

Technical Details

Git Workflow

File Organization

/
├── README.md
├── sources/
│   ├── gemini-takes.md
│   ├── gemini takes.csv
│   └── 2025-11-06 09.36.49 Jerry Michalski's Zoom Meeting/
│       ├── meeting_saved_closed_caption.txt
│       └── meeting_saved_new_chat.txt
└── wiki/
    ├── Index.md
    ├── [89 wiki pages].md
    └── Work Log.md (this file)

Statistics

For Future Reference

Using This Wiki

Entry Points:

Navigation:

Potential Extensions

If continuing this work:

Tools that would help:

Conclusion

This wiki represents ~4 hours of focused synthesis work, transforming a 2-hour call + chat into a navigable knowledge base with 89 interlinked pages.

Key Achievement: Not just documenting what was said, but:

The Meta-Irony: This wiki about a call discussing AI-assisted synthesis, environmental neurodiversity, and information overload... was itself created through AI-assisted synthesis, demonstrates those very challenges, and hopefully provides a useful way to navigate the overwhelming richness.

Peter and the OGM community now have a resource that:

Created by: Claude Code (Anthropic) Date: November 6, 2025 For: Peter Kaminski and the OGM community Purpose: Comprehensive synthesis and documentation

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