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bring a question, not a brief.
collaboration here means running an experiment together and publishing the result, whichever way it goes.
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current obsession
work where both sides learn something they cannot unlearn.
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why now
partnerships usually buy attention. these buy evidence, which lasts longer.
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worth your attention
- 01we agree the question before the deliverables.
- 02results publish either way, and commercial relationships are labelled.
- 03one collective leads; others join if it is genuinely their question.
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people
collective stewards plus the co-builders closest to the question.
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stories & artifacts
- 01a research collaboration that produced a public counterpoint to its own sponsor's assumption.
- 02an event series co-hosted across three collectives.
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two worlds collide here
collaborate × research: the best collaborations start as a disagreement about what is true.
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how to participate
- tell us the question you want answered.
- agree the test and the publishing rule.
- run it for 111 days.
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