AO Projects —> Humanity —> Stages —> Prompt
I suggest this common heading structure:
# [Title]
## Purpose
## The Proposition
## Why It Matters
## What It Means
## What It Could Look Like
## Questions
## Invitations
## Possible Actions
## Evidence
## Related Conversations
## Replies
Why these headings?
- Purpose — establishes what the file is doing.
- The Proposition — the core idea someone can agree/disagree with.
- Why It Matters — gives the rationale.
- What It Means — removes ambiguity.
- What It Could Look Like — moves from abstraction toward examples.
- Questions — explicitly creates things people can reply to.
- Invitations — asks people to contribute thinking.
- Possible Actions — converts thinking into AoP activity.
- Evidence — separates aspiration from what we actually know.
- Related Conversations — links to AI chats, presentations, etc.
- Replies — provides a natural place for responses to accumulate.
I particularly like The Proposition because it changes the character of the document. It says:
Here is something we are putting into the world for you to respond to.
rather than:
Here is an essay we expect you to read.
