start discussion, and representation
Yes, visual representation of connections is what I want/need. For me the main connections are those of arguments; in a certain sense participants, for the purpose of the discussion, are mainly “defined” by the set of their arguments.
As I wrote at the start of this post, the first discussion I have in mind is about a “philosophical” text that I am, slowly, writing at the moment. It is in french, because most people I wanted to start discuss it with do not speak english. The title, for the moment, is “Vie et langage, representation et relation” (Life and language, representation and relation). The aim is to understand the origins of hierarchical power structures at a fundamental level, in order to understand if and how they can be obsoleted.
But, if you are willing, we could start at the more practical end of the question, which is : how are we going to prevent that the tool we develop will be used mainly to perpetuate hierarchical power structures ? It is the difficulty of answering to that practical question, and I have tried hard and can share the arguments, that led me to the philosophical level.
There is a precedent : the internet is fundamentally p2p, but the process of using it mainly to perpetuate hierarchical power structures is well underway. How can we prevent that happening to what we develop?