Make Better Decisions Together

This may seem like it should fall under [[Pragmatic Aspirations]], but it is challenging.

The use cases we envision for better decisions range from

• Company choosing a service name and tagline, to
• Town choosing between alternate land-use plans, to
• Politicians deliberating platform planks, to
• Public health officials setting pandemic mitigation guidelines (with and without public participation).

One of the major reasons to build a persistent shared memory is to avoid each of these decisions starting from scratch. People underestimate the value of curating knowledge over time, as illustrated by [[Jerry’s Jimmy Wales Story About the Pope Benedict Page in Wikipedia]].

The communities already fleshing out this territory include:

• Debate and argumentation
• Business Intelligence
• Civic participation