Ameliorate: collaborative problem-solving tool for breaking down complex issues
Ameliorate is a collaborative problem-solving tool that helps break down complex problems into clear pieces so multiple people can inspect assumptions, clarify disagreement, and integrate knowledge without talking past each other. It visualizes causes and effects, allows scoring and questioning of details, and supports topics from personal decisions like mattress choice to global issues like climate change.
What if it was trivial to understand someone's reasoning, and to add yours to it?
- keyserj
Cool to see this posted :) I'm the creator.
For those interested, I've slowed work on the app in favor of refining the app's ontology in markdown form[1], building an ontology playground[2], and building a prototype[3] to show off features that the updated ontology enables. I had some major changes I wanted to make and making it work in the real app was going to be too much effort.
I'll likely be making a Show HN for one/some of these soon^TM (in the next month or two?) but they're currently still a bit early.
[1] https://github.com/keyserj/reasoning-tools/blob/main/amelior...
[2] https://keyserj.github.io/reasoning-tools/ontology-playgroun...
[3] https://github.com/keyserj/reasoning-tools/tree/main/amelior... (not yet deployed)
- rappatic
In which direction are you supposed to read these charts? The arrows seem to point from conclusion/solution to reasoning, but the reasoning is at the top which makes me feel like I should read it first. It would be less confusing for there to be a single convention (eg “reasoning/evidence at the top with arrows flowing mostly down towards the conclusion”).
Similarly, I was confused by the use of both active and passive: eg sometimes “creates” and sometimes “created by,” with different arrow directions for each.
- microflash
Very nice. I think this can be a good visual way to run LEAN activities like 5 Why and A3 Problem Solving.