An experiment to connect people and initiatives, to coordinate efforts in the collective task of finding alternatives to our current relationship with digital information.
"To change the world you need to look at it in a different way." DebateGraph
DebateGraph is an award-winning, cloud-based service that offers individuals and communities a powerful way to learn about, and deliberate and decide on, complex issues.
Similarly, arguments mapped about, say, a proposal to build a wind farm in one location, provide a useful starting resource for people facing the same decision elsewhere in the world.
Sharing understanding in a structured and transparent form, allows people to see that their perspectives have been heard and represented in context, to fill any gaps, and to expand upon, improve, and challenge any of the points considered directly – and it does in a highly efficient way that avoids unnecessary repetition and ad hominem attacks, and is constantly open and evolving in the light of new evidence and ideas.
The problem in more detail
We spend much of our lives debating with each other—and living in the consequences of those debates. But how often do we do it well? And can the process be improved?
Public debate is all too often characterized by repetitive contributions, digressions, argumentative fallacies, rhetorical flourishes, manipulative framing, obfuscation and personal attacks that result in a high noise-to-signal ratio and confusion rather than clarity.
The human tendencies toward homophily (mixing with like-minded people) and group polarization (the self-reinforcing movement towards extreme positions in groups of like-minded people) can, if left unchecked, limit the diversity of arguments heard and stifle the creative discovery of new options in the clash of diverse arguments.
Our vision
Our goal is to create a new kind of public service that enables local and global communities of people to think together by collaboratively building and editing comprehensive and succinct maps of complex subjects that accurately present all sides of the dialogue and debate from a neutral standpoint, free of repetitive clutter and ‘noise’.
The maps are multi-dimensional to reflect the nuances of real debate rather than being limited to one dimensional for and against arguments—and can be clustered into overlapping debates.
DebateGraph is an award-winning, cloud-based service that offers individuals and communities a powerful way to learn about, and deliberate and decide on, complex issues.
The problem in more detail
We spend much of our lives debating with each other—and living in the consequences of those debates. But how often do we do it well? And can the process be improved?
Our vision
Our goal is to create a new kind of public service that enables local and global communities of people to think together by collaboratively building and editing comprehensive and succinct maps of complex subjects that accurately present all sides of the dialogue and debate from a neutral standpoint, free of repetitive clutter and ‘noise’.
Other highlights
Similar conversation with InterPlanetary Mind Map.
Project by Peter Baldwin and David Price.
Via Jack Park.
→ This conversation is referenced in this repo by @danielarmengolaltayo