2026-05-28
- Overview of 2R framework script done
- Significant work on https://ecosystem.secondrenaissance.net - see https://github.com/life-itself/2r-ecosystem/issues/5 now 80% of way there. (see below)
- Worked on migrating research.lifeitself.org to lifeitself.org/research so we have one less website
Ecosystem Site Update — 2026-05-29
TL;DR: Big step forward on ecosystem.secondrenaissance.net — the PIP mapping report is properly restored with interactive visualisations embedded inline, all report-style pages now render correctly, and the site's scope and structure is clarified.
We also resolved a standing question about where publications should live: everything ecosystem-mapping related stays on the ecosystem site (not split to secondrenaissance.net), which keeps reports, profiles, and visualisations together where they belong.
PIP Mapping — fully restored
- Essay at /pip/ — the full PIP research report now has its own page with a proper header (title, description, date, CTAs), the essay body, and both interactive visualisations embedded inline at the right points in the text
- CircularVis (organisations by topic) and TernaryPlot (organisations by social change approach) now appear in context within the essay, not just on a separate maps page
- Directory at /pip/directory/ — profile search/listing now has a clean dedicated URL
- Maps at /pip/map/ — standalone viz page still available for full-screen exploration
Markdown pages system
All root-level markdown files now render as proper prose pages on the site:
- /related-efforts — related mapping efforts reference list
- /sensemaking — mapping methodology note
- /state-of-sensemaking-2020 — 2020 Life Itself ecosystem mapping report (cleaned up, PDF linked)
- /why — rationale for ecosystem mapping
- /ora — stub page for the ORA polycrisis mapping report (more to come)
why.md cross-posted to Life Itself blog
- Published at lifeitself.org/blog/why-this-ecosystem-mapping-project
- Original 2020 post by Rufus explaining the rationale for ecosystem mapping
- Ecosystem site page links back to the blog post
Scope decision
Resolved the question of what lives where: the ecosystem site is the home for all ecosystem mapping research — reports, profiles, directories, and visualisations all stay together here. secondrenaissance.net links out to this site rather than hosting duplicates. See design doc for full reasoning.
What's next
Tracked in docs/PLAN.md:
- UX/design pass — spacing, typography, nav, 404 page (high priority)
- Cohere+ landing page — needs a proper intro page + recovery of the interactive map from git history
- ORA — full report as markdown, org profiles directory, visualisation