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With an account, you can revise, criticize, and comment on ideas.‘Veritula’ is a difficult name, people don’t know how to spell or pronounce it. They can’t easily remember it.
'Veritula' is not a difficult name as compared to other highly successful explanatory enterprises, like 'Veritasium.'
See also: "Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell", the highly successful educational YT channel. I know people who are big fans, and yet can't pronounce the name correctly.
There's something to be said for a degree of complexity and novelty to a name. It lends air of thoughtfulness, and could spark curiosity in potential new users.
Idea: ‘The Second Renaissance’, ‘2nd Renaissance’, ‘2R’ for short.
‘Renaissance’ isn’t exactly easy to spell either.
Easier than ‘Veritula’, though. At least it’s a known word.
Idea: ‘Reason Arena’, ‘RA’
I like something with ‘Arena’ because it would imply action, some ideas winning out over others, and has a Darwinian aspect to it. Our best ideas are the tentative champions in the arena of ideas, waiting for the next challenger.
I have largely inexplicit criticisms of the word ‘arena’ in this context, but one that bubbled up to the explicit level is that the word reminds me of Pokemon for some reason 😅
Doesn’t sound as serious/legitimate as I’d like in this context.