I have distributed my cognition too much. Too much of my ability to think now requires a conversational context. Weird. 10-15 years ago, I was often accused of doing too much thinking on my own, in hermit mode (retreat/disengage to think instead of advance/engage to think)
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Maybe I should be nicer to waldenponders and not make fun of them. After all I had the luxury of nearly 10 years of waldenponding (= a dozen 3-ring binders of notes)
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We need a term for “start or join the right conversation to think more deeply”. The opposite of waldenponding. Hmm maybe Manhattaning?
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I’ve often thought of putting out bounties a la Erdos for themes I want blogged. If I weren’t married I’d be doing his thing of couch surfing with collaborators as a nomad.
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