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I think if we could improve our ability to easily & precisely communicate arguments, that would be huge for humanity's ability to deal with problems. I'm buildi

I think if we could improve our ability to easily & precisely communicate arguments, that would be huge for humanity's ability to deal with problems. I'm building a tool[1] that I'm hoping can help with this, maybe be a successor (in some ways) to something like Kialo. It's critically missing suggestions/approvals[2], and perhaps a simpler interface[3], but I think that, for arguments about problems/solutions, the idea of grounding arguments within a cause/effect diagram is really powerful both for getting on the same page and for making concrete progress towards improving a situation (rather than arguing for argument's sake). I'd be happy to get your thoughts on it if you have any (I'll be making a HN post about it sometime soon^TM). [1] https://ameliorate.app/ https://ameliorate.app/ [2] https://github.com/amelioro/ameliorate/issues/11 https://github.com/amelioro/ameliorate/issues/11 [3] https://github.com/amelioro/ameliorate/discussions/541 https://github.com/amelioro/ameliorate/discussions/541

jeffhuys 2y ago
> I think if we could improve our ability to easily & precisely communicate arguments, that would be huge for humanity's ability to deal with problems. I've been thinking the same thing, and also started working on it in the past. Whenever I voiced this (like here) others came to me saying they also thought of it as at LEAST a part of "the solution". You seem to actually have something going here! I'll take a look at your three links, a first look at [1] gives me goosebumps, you have no idea how happy I am that I'm not the only one that still has this top-of-mind, especially nowadays, no matter what side you lean towards. I can't really find the words to convey my elation here, so you'll have to do with a simple "wow, thank you!".
- keyserj 2y ago
  That's awesome to hear :). I also appreciate knowing that I'm not the only one thinking about it.

jeffhuys 2y ago

> I think if we could improve our ability to easily & precisely communicate arguments, that would be huge for humanity's ability to deal with problems. I've been thinking the same thing, and also started working on it in the past. Whenever I voiced this (like here) others came to me saying they also thought of it as at LEAST a part of "the solution". You seem to actually have something going here! I'll take a look at your three links, a first look at [1] gives me goosebumps, you have no idea how happy I am that I'm not the only one that still has this top-of-mind, especially nowadays, no matter what side you lean towards. I can't really find the words to convey my elation here, so you'll have to do with a simple "wow, thank you!".

keyserj 2y ago
That's awesome to hear :). I also appreciate knowing that I'm not the only one thinking about it.