2. Why Tree-Net

Why Tree-Net?

Wilson (1998) states "We are approaching a new age of synthesis, when the testing of consilience is the greatest of all intellectual challenges"(pp.11-12).

I have been tackling this challenge for a few years, and Tree-Net is the result of my efforts. Tree-Net can be a powerful tool for everyone's discovering solutions for the great challenge of consilience.

Tree-Net can be used by everyone who is building knowledge, with supporting the processes of note-taking, brainstorming, analyzing, visualizing, synthesizing, evaluating, collaborating, and other problem solving processes. 

I am inspired by TED talks, a few of them are:

1.    I am my connectome, by Sebastian Seung    

       I get the visualization and imagination on possible neural activity patterns.

2.    Taking imagination seriously, by Janet Echelman   

       Janet builds Net-Sculpture, why cannot I build Net-Tree structure?

3.    The beauty of data-visualization, by David McCandless   

       It is about visualization: visualizing data, visualizing abstract concepts, visualizing action-scripts

4.    Metaphorically speaking, by James Geary   

       Metaphors & analogies are powerful for learning, innovating, visualizing, & communication.

Inspired by these talks and other sources, I develop my ideas of Tree-Net.