How can we develop transformative tools for thought? A Research Paper by Andy Matuschak & Michael Nielsen numinous.productions Conventional tech industry product practice will not produce deep enough subject matter insights to create transformative tools for thought. ...The aspiration is for any team serious about making transformative tools for thought. It’s to create a culture that combines the best parts of modern product practice with the best parts of the (very different) modern research culture. You need the insight-through-making loop to operate, whereby deep, original insights about the subject feed back to change and improve the system, and changes to the system result in deep, original insights about the subject. makingthinkingtoolsdesignfeedbackresearchcognitiontechnologysoftware
The blind men and the elephant A Proverb "I see" said the first, grasping a leg, "an elephant is like a tree." "I see" said the second, holding the tail, "an elephant is like a snake." Another, feeling the ear, said "an elephant is surely much like a thick carpet." The blind men who felt the elephantThe group of blind mullahs holism