Newest isn’t always best. Yet, most of what I consume is from the new.
Someone writes a new blogpost, that’s more likely to hit my read-later app than the banger they wrote 6 months ago.
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I’d love a way to detach from this. A way to choose from across the spectrum of time more effectively.
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This was all strangely triggered by seeing an xkdc comic.
And I thought to myself: “I’m late on this, how could I possibly go through the archive in an enjoyable way?”
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A recurring solution that I’d love to somehow build/find:
A randomizer. Smart shuffle, even.
I say: I want to read more . Give me one of his best pieces once a week for the next 8 weeks.
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And I could stack more rules to tune my personal algorithm to my liking.
A way to integrate the best of the past into my awareness. Regaining control of the feeds I engage with.
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I get close to building concept with things like ’s smartblocks. But there’s work to be done yet.
I want this sort of thing for all domains of my life. I could like of a million use-cases.
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And then integrate 's notion of "spaced everything" to what you learn: notes.andymatuschak.org/zrs5GnK6DEm1Nc
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Yup yup yup. This is exactly where I’m going with this!
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Who’s building this?!
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I prototyped such a system for myself, but put it on the backburner early last year to focus on other things. Lots of open questions still—it's not obvious how to do this well.
, care to comment?
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