Idea Chemistry Archive

The archive for the newsletter of the Gunkel Global Renaissance Project, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to preserving American futurist Patrick Gunkel's legacy and vision.

ORDERS
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Jul 27, 2026
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8 min read
You Can't Understand Ideonomy Without Knowing What Gunkel Meant by "Order"Gunkel's Holy Grail was also the thing he struggled the most to explain.
Andrew McIntosh
Edward Fredkin
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Jul 20, 2026
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8 min read
Why Did MIT Suddenly Restrict Access to ALL of Edward Fredkin's Papers?Begun, the archive wars have?
Andrew McIntosh
The Ideonomy Project
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Jul 13, 2026
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6 min read
Patrick Gunkel Through the Eyes of Texas Writer Billy Porterfield Austin American-Statesman columnist Billy Porterfield chronicled Gunkel's Austin adventures in a series of wild newspaper columns between 1989 and 1992
Andrew McIntosh
MIT Website
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Jul 6, 2026
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6 min read
The Sleeper AwakensAfter nearly 20 years, the MIT ideonomy website has suddenly undergone an overhaul. What lies ahead?
Andrew McIntosh
Charts for the Mind
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Jun 29, 2026
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3 min read
5 More Gunkel Charts That Show the Vast Scope of "Charts for the Mind"These original never-before-seen archival materials illuminate the massive scope Gunkel planned for his failed commercial venture.
Andrew McIntosh
The Gunkel Method
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Jun 22, 2026
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10 min read
Patrick Gunkel Invented the Largest Cognitive Tool Humanity Has Ever Seen Element 3 of Gunkel's science of ideas. He basically took the way his mind worked and put it down on paper.
Andrew McIntosh
Charts
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Jun 15, 2026
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7 min read
"The Mass-Production of Ideas via Ideas that Generate Ideas."An immediate pre-history of ideonomy, part 2 of 2.
Andrew McIntosh
Charts for the Mind
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Jun 8, 2026
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7 min read
Here Are the Charts Gunkel Made Right Before His Ideonomy BreakthroughAn immediate pre-history of ideonomy, part 1 of 2.
Andrew McIntosh
Jun 1, 2026
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5 min read
Have You Been Mispronouncing "Ideonomy" This Entire Time?Another trick headline to drive engagement. But seriously, have you?
Andrew McIntosh
Academia
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May 25, 2026
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8 min read
The Incredible Afterlife of Patrick Gunkel's List of 638 Personality TraitsMost of the researchers citing Gunkel seem to have no idea who he was
Andrew McIntosh
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Idea Chemistry Archive

You Can't Understand Ideonomy Without Knowing What Gunkel Meant by "Order"

Why Did MIT Suddenly Restrict Access to ALL of Edward Fredkin's Papers?

Patrick Gunkel Through the Eyes of Texas Writer Billy Porterfield

The Sleeper Awakens

5 More Gunkel Charts That Show the Vast Scope of "Charts for the Mind"

Patrick Gunkel Invented the Largest Cognitive Tool Humanity Has Ever Seen

"The Mass-Production of Ideas via Ideas that Generate Ideas."

Here Are the Charts Gunkel Made Right Before His Ideonomy Breakthrough

Have You Been Mispronouncing "Ideonomy" This Entire Time?

The Incredible Afterlife of Patrick Gunkel's List of 638 Personality Traits

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