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Since then, whenever I sit down for a mind-mapping session I make a "core dump" mind map. I dump everything on my mind down, and then that creates enough cache and RAM space to actually think about something else.
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But mind-mapping (and general open-ended notes dumping) have been getting less frequent over the years, and radically less frequent recently. Used to be I'd dump 20p of notes almost daily, including a core-dump and maybe 1-2 other mind maps. Now it's 3-4mo between sessions.
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I think a scary thing has happened. I CAN'T CORE DUMP ANYMORE! I can't dump what's on my mind because it's NOT all in MY mind anymore. Eeeeeyikes.
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The CAP Theorem monster has eaten my brain. I don't see an easy way out. advocates one solution, recentralizing your brain, but I think that means giving up the thoughts you think in leaky distributed media that are too much work to capture, as in my thread just now.
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So you must choose 2 of 3: consistency, availability, partition tolerance. Based on my rapid-onset inability to do core dumps anymore I think I've given up availability.
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The only way to do a core-dump mind map now is to first draw everything into a core. I no longer know how to do that. I think I need a script to pull in and auto-generate that part of my core-dump mindmap. I need a prosthetic AI reader of my own writings everywhere.
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There's another dimension of experience that has made core-dumping harder. I think compared to 25y ago, I do a lot more of my thinking now in non-verbal, non visual form. In how I organize my kitchen for example. 18% of my brain is now untidily sprawled out in my living spaces.
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I think my core dump model would now have to start with a central cluster of distributed cognition loci rather than a single node labeled "core dump". This is a "deep core dump" scaffolding. I don't think I could actually populate this very well except for some corners.
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Maybe this explains why I rarely save anything from twitter in my bored. It’s like a different frequency or half life or something
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Perhaps someday u will be systematic meditator. :-) 1. meditation = integration, internal summarization/prioritization/synthesis 2. BASB = indexing; serendipitous juxtaposition both are in some sense blind/Turing search but only (1) can do total ontology+search refactoring
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