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A drawing that argues your point so you don't have to.
means A simplified visual sketch that shows how the parts of something relate, work, or fit together.
from From Greek diagramma, 'that which is marked out by lines' — built from dia- ('across, through') and graphein ('to write or draw'). The Greeks used it for geometric figures and plans, the lines doing the explaining a sentence would otherwise have to do.
- origin
- Greek for 'mark out by lines'
- power move
- makes vague ideas look like proven facts
- venn diagrams
- invented to teach logic, not friendship
- flowcharts
- turn decisions into illusions of control