Knowable Online University

Knowledge Should Be Zoomable

A conceptual university designed to organize, contextualize, and make navigable the body of knowledge that can be accessed digitally.

Move from high-level systems to fine-grained detail — without losing orientation or meaning.

The Problem

The internet contains vast amounts of information, but little of it is structured to preserve context, scale, or meaning. Information is no longer episodic — it is ambient and constant. Under these conditions, traditional knowledge formats fail.

Endless Feeds

Algorithmic amplification overwhelms attention and dissolves the context that makes information meaningful.

Fragmented Sources

Knowledge is scattered across platforms with no coherent structure connecting ideas to their foundations.

No Scale Awareness

You can zoom into a topic but lose sight of where it fits. You can see the big picture but not the details. Never both.


Schools

Schools are the primary organizing units of the university. Each School defines what kinds of questions, domains, and curricula belong together.

School of Public Studies
Live

Curricula designed to make complex public issues — social, political, cultural — structured, navigable, and accessible to any learner.

publicstudies.org →
Programs
Women's Studies  — 15 courses, 215 questions
Black Studies  — 18 courses (in development)
Planned
School of Political Systems
Live

Nonpartisan civic infrastructure for understanding elections, candidates, and political accountability — structured for research, not persuasion.

election2026.net →
Coverage
2026 Federal Elections  — 435 House, 33 Senate, 36 Governors
School of Knowledge Systems
Live

The meta-school. Houses the rules, methods, and constraints used to build Quarex-based knowledge systems. Makes the university self-aware and governable.

quarex.org/libraries →

How It Works

One continuous path from institutional frame to individual question. Scale changes do not destroy structure.

University
School
Program
Course
Book
Chapter
Question
Frame

Knowable Online

Provides the university and school structure. Defines what kinds of knowledge belong together.

Engine

Quarex

Hosts the actual knowledge systems — libraries, shelves, books, chapters, and questions.

Curricula

Syllabi

Sequenced paths through Quarex books. Each syllabus is a curated argument about how to understand a field.

Discovery

AI + Structure

Every question generates context-aware followups. The structure is the lens. The AI is the explorer.


Governing Principles

Growth is governed by intellectual necessity, not novelty. Structural coherence, not popularity. Completeness over speed.

Zoomable Knowledge

Move from high-level systems to fine-grained detail without losing orientation. The whole and the individual, simultaneously.

Questions Over Answers

Quarex is question-driven. Good questions reveal structure. Answers are temporary. Questions endure.

Nonpartisan by Design

Not "trying to be neutral." Built from the ground up to eliminate editorial bias through structure, not intention.

Context Preservation

Every piece of knowledge exists within a hierarchy — book, shelf, library — that preserves its meaning and relationships.

No Authority Over Truth

The university does not claim to own truth. It structures what can be known and makes the structure transparent.

Slow, Deliberate Growth

New schools and programs are proposed only when they satisfy structural and epistemic constraints. No content for content's sake.


What Knowable Online University Is Not

× It is not an accredited institution
× It does not issue degrees or certificates
× It does not claim authority over truth
× It does not host unstructured content

Its authority is architectural, not declarative.