Organization

DebateGraph organizes its content spatially, not chronologically. This separates it from other tools such as books, ebooks, blogs, forums and timelines which *do* lay out their material chronologically. Time is present in the map (items can be dated) but is not the foundation as it is for these other tools of knowledge presentation and discussion.

It is my contention that we build maps in our heads all the time; it seems inevitable; we pluck items from the conveyor belt of time and stick them in our heads in our maps. By allowing us to build maps on the computer screen we empty our heads of the planning and storage of information and knowledge and leave ourselves open to one course of action, which is action itself.

The ability to drive action is key because of the challenges we now face in the 21st Century. We have to move fast to try and meet these challenges. DebateGraph could be a useful tool on that journey.

A suggestion: Don't try to copy the map into your head. Use the map as, well, a map, to guide you to your destination and read or view what you find there.

The rhythm of the maps

By default the maps deliver daily updates. So one rhythm for working on DebateGraph is to work on the map during the day, catch the update email in the morning, treating it almost like a map newsletter, and go from there.