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Some of the most interesting system design work I've seen in quite some time. Values, contexts, ways of being, and feelings as primitives of the environment—seems very generative.

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Joe Edelman

@edelwax

· Mar 5, 2021

Many (@fortelabs, @Conaw, @andy_matuschak) think we need a 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣. In this research demo, I ask: What if we had a 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩, instead? loom.com/share/3fa7e57e

Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

(I understand the contrast Joe's trying to draw b/w "second brain" & "second heart" but FWIW I don't really identify w "second brain" or even "extended cognition" as an aspiration b/c of exactly what he's alluding to—"tools for thought" designers tend to underestimate feeling!)

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Likewise “tools for thought”… I’ve been trying the alternative “enabling environment” on for a while, which has some nice properties, but it’s less evocative.

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We're not thinking machines that happen to feel. We're feeling machines that happen to think.

Craig Tashman

@CraigTashman

Mar 6, 2021

Such a great thread! I suspect feeling is far closer to essential and thinking to instrumental. Personally, I “think” because thought and the fruits of thought bring me joy. Designers and artists seem to see this more easily than scientists and engineers, alas.