The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it.

Karl Marx, Theses on Feuerbach

The information discovery and mapping problem, whether solved by a machine or a personal secretary, can be divided into the following stages:

1. Finding new information.
2. Evaluating new information.
3. Linking new information to old information.
4. Detecting old, unused information.
5. Displaying linked information and interacting with the user.
6. Determining how to better display linked information, detect unused information, link current information, evaluate new information, and find new information based on the user's actions.