He had but to speak He had but to speak aloud the words that came into his head, and those around him would fall in line. Shane Carruth, Primer wordscommunicationpersuasion
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