A concept from The Post Modern Truth

Aurelius

The everything app. Except social media.

An idea we keep coming back to: one calm place for the things you open a dozen apps for, and nothing in it that wants your attention for its own sake.

Status: concept · nothing to download yet

The one rule

Everything. Except the feed.

I

No feed

Nothing scrolls forever. You open it to do something, and then you are done.

II

No followers

No audience, no counts, nobody keeping score of you.

III

No algorithm

Nothing deciding what you should look at next.

The idea, in one gesture

One place instead of a dozen apps.

Drag a tile into the centre, tap it, or gather them all at once. One of them will not go in.

0 of 12 in one place

An illustration of the idea, not a feature list.

Why the name

“How much trouble he avoids who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only to what he does himself, that it may be just and pure.”

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations IV.18 (tr. George Long)

Where it stands

A concept, for now.

Aurelius is an idea. There is no app to download, no sign-up and no date. If it gets built, you will hear about it here first. Until then, ideas are welcome.

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