https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notesWeekly notes from every Lab Night.en https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/who-decideshttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/who-decidesMon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTA late night for the east of the room. https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/done-by-next-morninghttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/done-by-next-morningThu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTA fuller room than usual, with two newcomers in it, so the founder began with a light recap for their benefit. https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/the-gap-is-trusthttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/the-gap-is-trustFri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFive of us, and a bot. https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/tsundokuhttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/tsundokuFri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFive of us. https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/between-frozen-and-gaseoushttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/between-frozen-and-gaseousFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe founder joined from a car on the way from Dubai to Abu Dhabi, someone else driving, at the end of a full day of meetings. https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/one-chopstickhttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/one-chopstickThu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe founder opened tired and said so. His wife had been away with her parents and was coming home with her sister, and had asked him to straighten the house a little. https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/ten-thousand-agentshttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/ten-thousand-agentsThu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe founder opened by admitting he has lost an argument with the group about what to call these opening remarks. https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/gods-of-sandhttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/gods-of-sandThu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe founder arrived relaxed and said why. There had been a storm that afternoon where he is working by the sea, and he was in the water when it broke. https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/the-millicornhttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/the-millicornThu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTEight of us, the largest room the weekly hour has had, and for the first time a woman in it. https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/nobody-makes-a-toasterhttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/nobody-makes-a-toasterThu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTSix of us, and the weekly hour has moved back to Google Meet. The founder opened by pointing out who gains most from the change. https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/nothing-new-under-the-sunhttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/nothing-new-under-the-sunThu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTFour of us and a guest, because one member asked whether anyone would mind if he brought a celebrity guest and then introduced his mother. https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/immodest-and-humblehttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/immodest-and-humbleThu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTThree of us, which is one fewer than last week and exactly what August was forecast to deliver. https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/proof-of-continuityhttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/proof-of-continuityThu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTAugust empties Europe, and the room showed it. The founder opened by saying so plainly: the regulars are away for the next two or three weeks, and anyone who turns up in the meantime should... https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/hiding-what-you-knowhttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/hiding-what-you-knowThu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe founder was on the far side of the world at a conference, and the evening ran without him. https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/luminarieshttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/luminariesThu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe night began with comedy: the founder, packing for a dawn flight, discovered that his travel headset had quietly hijacked his audio, and spent ten minutes miming "can you hear me" at... https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/the-baton-passeshttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/the-baton-passesThu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe founder opened the call from a street corner in another city, fresh out of a tech meetup, and then did something communities should practice early: he handed the evening to someone else... https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/who-walked-inhttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/who-walked-inThu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe first Lab Night with the doors open. Twenty or so new members arrived on Discord within the week, and the call itself had first-time voices: an independent researcher freshly out of a... https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/the-doors-are-openhttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/the-doors-are-openSat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTFor eleven consecutive weeks, a small group of people from four continents has met every Thursday evening for one hour, to show each other what we built that week. No hierarchy. https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/curiosity-agency-compassionhttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/curiosity-agency-compassionThu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTTwo firsts in one night: the first Lab Night held on our own Discord server instead of a video call, and the announcement of our settled founding values. https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/agency-not-meaninghttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/agency-not-meaningThu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe week the values got their final shape, through a public change of mind. https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/a-studio-of-artistshttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/a-studio-of-artistsThu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe clearest self-definition so far, delivered in the opening ritual: the Ikigai Collective is like a studio large enough for several artists to work side by side. https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/first-draft-of-our-valueshttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/first-draft-of-our-valuesThu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe week the Collective started writing its charter. David's proposal: a small set of values, three at most, that embody what the Ikigai Collective is about, offered so that people who join... https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/one-human-five-aishttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/one-human-five-aisThu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTNobody came. David held the session anyway, addressing the AI note-takers as the audience, and the recording became one of the most clarifying documents we have. https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/misurare-noi-stessihttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/misurare-noi-stessiThu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTEveryone in the room happened to be an Italian speaker, so the Lab Night switched language mid-stream, and immediately generated a policy: presentations in the presenter's language where... https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/what-is-the-questionhttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/what-is-the-questionThu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTThree people showed up. We kept the hour anyway, and it turned into the deepest conversation so far: religion, philosophy, and how to think with machines. https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/the-freedom-and-the-burdenhttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/the-freedom-and-the-burdenThu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe fullest statement yet of why we exist, delivered as the opening ritual that now starts every Lab Night; David repeats the purpose each week, going one level deeper each time. https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/the-lab-is-the-workhttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/the-lab-is-the-workWed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTLab Night went nomadic: David hosted from Bucharest, and explicitly licensed the group to continue without him whenever needed. https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/start-from-what-you-are-good-athttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/start-from-what-you-are-good-atWed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTWeek two, and the ritual codified itself: each of us tells what we did in the past week, presenting is never mandatory, and the same project week after week is perfectly fine. https://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/a-container-for-experimentshttps://ikigaicollective.org/lab-notes/a-container-for-experimentsWed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTOur first Lab Night, held on World Earth Day: five humans across four time zones, and an equal number of AI note-takers.