✨ New essay with , illustrated by : numinous.productions/timeful/
We've previously written about a "mnemonic medium," which helps you remember what you read. Here we explore a different angle, extending a book in time to help it connect to lived experience.
Conversation
(best viewed on larger screens to enjoy Maggie's lovely layout-busting illustrations!)
5
3
47
I’ve been assembling notes on how various texts might be made more timeful; thought I’d share this oddball:
Replying to
Earlier drafts' examples focused on self-authorship—e.g. "timeful" versions of Meditations or 's Atomic Habits. Still excited about those ideas (e.g. implementation intentions seem well-suited), but they need more experiment!
Some early notes:
1
2
16
Some thoughtful notes from
: docs.google.com/document/d/1f9
One nice observation: he points out that some authors (e.g. Taleb) help their books extend through time by enacting the texts' ideas in ongoing interactions (e.g. on Twitter, podcasts, etc).
20
Replying to
Indigenous peoples not only used holidays and other time-based traditions as a means of spaced repetition, but they also did them for just this purpose of time-based need. Winter's here and the harvest changes? Your inter-tribal rituals went [more...]