Our Platform for Outlining Colorado’s Future

In today’s digital age, public discourse resembles a chaotic marketplace—where voices shout over each other, valuable ideas vanish into the void, and every debate seems destined to begin anew. This isn’t just noisy—it’s paralyzing. Enter the Idea Stock Exchange (ISE) , a radical redesign of how we debate, deliberate, and collectively build knowledge. The Crisis of Modern Discourse 1. The Disorder Problem Our debates unfold like a broken game of telephone, fragmented across platforms and lacking any coherent structure. The result? Information overload : Valuable insights drown in noise. Zombie arguments : Weak claims outlive their refutations. Ephemeral insights : Critical counterpoints vanish before they’re heard. Viral over valid : Sensationalism trumps substance. Without structure, public discourse devolves into a Tower of Babel—lots of talk, little progress. 2. The Tabula Rasa Problem Imagine rebuilding the Pyramids from scratch every time someone mentions ancient engineering. That’...

Reasons to agree : A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled. Don't worry about people stealing an idea. You will have to ram it down their throats if it's original. ~Howard Aiken Never Underestimate the Power of Stupid People in Large Groups Reasons to disagree:   "None of Us is as Good as All of Us." Ray Kroc. This kind of thinking says that bureaucracy can outperform individuals. Sometimes this is true. But not in novels or paintings. Good movies are based on books written by people, not groups. And most screenplays are not written by groups of people. However, movies are made by a committee... sort of... someone has to be in charge, but group things kind of happen... America has groupthink... Score :  At a later date, the reasons, books, and web-pages will be given a score. They will then contribute a percentage of a point to the overall idea score, based on their individual score. Below are the total number of: Reasons ...