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Andy Matuschak
@andy_matuschak
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
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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
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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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Olli Tiainen🔸
@olliten
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@andy_matuschak
Agree. Thoughts don’t use tools. But not sure if the environment enables either. You and the environment together form a new whole that produces the result. But how do you call that?
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Olli Tiainen🔸
@olliten
Often, when I chat with some of the smartest friends I have, I have smarter thoughts too. But who did the thinking, there? Were they a tool for my thinking? Or an enabling environment? Or something else? There must be a term that better describes this experience?
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Yoshi Carroll
@yoshicarroll
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@andy_matuschak
Oh, I did not realize your “enabling environment” is an alternative to “tools for thought” but now that I do it feels really good. A walk, a conversation, a mountaintop, a monastery, a cup of tea, a camera are all enabling environments for me.
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