In talking about fusion and the Focus Fusion Society mission, I think a flow chart might help.
There are so many things to cover, and yet so many common responses. I think they can all be distilled into a chart. What are the common responses you get? What are your own unresolved issues on the subject?
A chart might also help because people go through the issues in a diffferent order (although I think over time, the chart will sort itself out into a broad, logical, field tested order). When struggling to explain the breadth of topics that comprise the fusion mission, it would help to be able to whip out a chart and show people where they are on the chart, and what the options are in response to various things.
Do you know what I mean?
For example, a common issue is the “We’ll wait and see” response. So, the flow chart has you waiting and seeing as one thing you could be doing, vs. other actions you could take, and the impact on the progress of research of those attitudes/actions (or lack thereof). In other words, this isn’t just a chart about the ideas of fusion, but also the responses people are likely to have.
And then there’s the N-word, (nuclear).
OK, maybe several flow charts.
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