(2020-03-22) Matuschak Leaps Of Insight Emerge From Prior Thought

Andy Matuschak: Leaps of insight emerge from prior thought. Leaps of insight depend on having accumulated lots of prior thought on those topics. Sometimes that accumulation happens entirely within our subconscious (our “subconscious back burners,” as May-Li would say), but it’s helpful to design our external cognitive systems such that our day-to-day noodling (digital gardening) can accrete.