Most modern tools for thought were made by people deeply involved with that domain's problems (NLS, email, Smalltalk, Bravo, Mathematica, WWW). More on why: numinous.productions/ttft/#serious-
Collecting counter-examples made by people working closely with others doing serious domain work:
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Thanks for sharing! I'd count these authors as working on a problem they're deeply familiar with: they frame the challenge in terms of the office environment, etc. (similar story with NLS, email, Bravo)
More often opposite when deep research via community/public domain and hybrid setup for different teams/individuals to collaborate leads to new.
+ Most modern tools for thought created out of need for information communication vehicle to support research collab and kno exchange.

