Systems and methods of mapping, transforming, and sharing data and ideas

1. A hardware fractal system implemented as a visual mapping tool and transforming data, comprising:

one or more diocards, each diocard representing an individual idea and having a group of four fractal functions consisting of a distinctions function, a systems function, a relationships function, and a perspectives function; and

a first map comprised of the one or more diocards, the group of four fractal functions governing user interaction with respect to every diocard and at any position on the first map, at least one of the one or more diocards being a proxy for a second map comprised of at least one diocard and being expandable into the second map;

wherein one or more diocards utilizing the distinctions function define the individual idea by attributes the individual idea is comprised of and by non-attributes the individual idea is not comprised of;

wherein one or more diocards utilizing the systems function define the individual idea as part of a whole or a whole that can be broken into parts;

wherein one or more diocards utilizing the relationships function define the individual idea as having a relationship with one or more different ideas and enable users to create a relational diocard representing a single relationship between one or more diocards;

wherein one or more diocards utilizing the perspectives function define the individual idea as a point having a view with respect to one or more different ideas;

wherein the map is compressible by collapsing the one or more diocards based on one or more of: hierarchy and perspective, and a collapsed diocard can be expanded;

wherein collapsing a diocard causes surrounding diocards to automatically come closer to fill space on the map previously occupied by the collapsed diocard;

wherein expanding a diocard causes surrounding diocards to move away to make space for the expanded diocard;

wherein the system is fractal across scale such that:

at any level of scale and in any position on the map the four fractal functions govern user interaction;

each individual idea can be drawn out as a whole new system and each individual idea of the whole new system can be drawn out into another whole new system;

and a user can zoom in indefinitely to view finer details within an individual idea or diocard;

and wherein the coming closer and moving away of diocards is determined by assigning a gravity quotient to each diocard based on its area, clustering diocards into groups, and detecting and scoring user-generated diocard alignments such that when a user expands or collapses a diocard, the diocards move cluster by cluster with the heaviest diocards moving first and the heaviest diocards pulling other diocards.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein at any level of scale and in any position on the map a new distinction can be formed defining a new individual idea by attributes the new individual idea is comprised of and by non-attributes the new individual idea is not comprised of, a new system can be formed defining a new individual idea as part of a whole or a whole that can be broken into parts, a new relationship can be formed defining a new individual idea as having a relationship with one or more different ideas, and a new perspective can formed defining a new individual idea as individual idea as a point having a view with respect to one or more different ideas.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein one or more diocards utilizing the distinctions function defines a first individual idea represented by a first diocard as not being comprised of attributes of a second individual idea represented by a second diocard.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein one or more diocards utilizing the systems function enable users to break a parent diocard into one or more child diocards, the one or more child diocards being part of a whole represented by the parent diocard.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein one or more diocards utilizing the systems function enable users to group a plurality of child diocards into a group such that the plurality of diocards become parts of a whole represented by the group.

6. The system of claim 4 wherein one or more diocards utilizing the systems function enable users to create various layouts such that the one or more child diocards appear with the parent diocard.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein one or more diocards utilizing the perspectives function enable users to create a first diocard having a perspective with respect to one or more second diocards.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the first map is scaled and nested to maintain readability, and readability is preserved when zooming out.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the first map generates canonical suggestions in a diocard label field.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein the first map creates one or more meta-level structures for organizing the first map or the one or more diocards into at least one macro-structure.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein the first map enables generation of one or more cognitive jigs.

12. The system of claim 1 wherein the first map synthesizes behavior of users to directly yield a knowledgebase.