Issuepedia:Mission

Issuepedia's mission is to aid in the process of making decisions, starting with larger issues (which do not need to be compartmentalized) and gradually developing techniques for working out more immediate disputes.

Some particular goals emerging from this:

• to place protective yet transparent shields of verifiability and accountability (among other tools) around the basic truths upon which our civilization is built
• to document (and to be a central library for):
  • significant issues
  • opinions held on those issues, along with any available reasoning or background necessary to understand those opinions
  • analytical tools available for attempting to reach a reasonable decision on such issues
• to provide a forum for further discussion
• to provide a central collection point for information about other decision-making tools
• Reclaiming words which have been misappropriated
• Calling out praise or condemnation, as appropriate, whenever a person or group does anything praiseworthy or contemptuous:
  • The Issuepedia Wacky Award
  • The Issuepedia Member of Civilization Award
    • possible nominees: Keith Olbermann, Chris Dodd, Ron Paul, Richard Dawkins, Larry Lessig, Cory Doctorow...
• Challenging readers to express viewpoints opposing those which currently predominate on Issuepedia (or anywhere)
• Providing an outlet for Rampant Paranoia, so we can get those nagging doubts out of our heads and (hopefully) start proving them wrong

Issupedia's goals include:

• Being part of an interlocking network of Related Projects
• Saying that which can't be said [1], i.e. riding roughshod over taboo truths
• Documenting understanding of scriptural works, since so many people are influenced by them, both to uncover inconsistencies and emphasize any valuable ideas or truths they may contain