Acacia Wiki Research Notes

Research Notes

Research notes on judgment, trust, context, and the Judgment Economy.

The Core Argument

The Acacia Initiative is a research-driven organisation. Our work is grounded in evidence — and we share our research openly.

The Judgment Economy is emerging. It is being shaped by technology, institutions, and human behaviour. To understand it — and to build trust infrastructure for it — we need research.

The Research Notes section documents the research that underpins the Acacia Initiative. It includes our research programme, findings from our investigations, and open research questions.

Research is the foundation of everything we do.

Research Areas

The topics we are researching.

Economic history

How economies have evolved — and what we can learn from past transitions.

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AI and decision-making

How AI is changing decision-making — and what it means for judgment.

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Human judgment

How human judgment works — and how it can be supported and improved.

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Context and meaning

What context is — and why it matters for judgment and trust.

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Knowledge transfer

How knowledge moves — and how it gets stuck.

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AI-human interaction

How people and AI work together — and how to design for collaboration.

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Organisational decision-making

How organisations make decisions — and how to improve them.

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Governance

How trust infrastructure should be governed.

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Standards

How standards support trust — and how they should be developed.

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Measurement

How to measure judgment, trust, and context.

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The Acacia perspective:

These research areas are interconnected. Judgment, trust, and context are not separate topics — they are parts of a single system. Our research reflects this.

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Twelve pages that document our research.

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Research Programme

An overview of our research approach and priorities.

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Economic History

What economic history teaches us about the Judgment Economy.

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AI and Decision-Making

How AI is changing the way we make decisions.

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Human Judgment

How human judgment works and how it can be improved.

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Context and Meaning

What context is and why it matters.

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Knowledge Transfer

How knowledge moves — and why it gets stuck.

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AI-Human Interaction

How people and AI work together.

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Organisational Decision-Making

How organisations make decisions — and how to improve them.

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Governance

How trust infrastructure should be governed.

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Standards

How standards support trust.

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Measurement

How to measure judgment, trust, and context.

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Open Research Questions

What we still need to learn.

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