📕 subnode [[@flancian/how can we develop transformative tools for thought]]
in 📚 node [[how-can-we-develop-transformative-tools-for-thought]]
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an [[article]].
- #pull [[how can we develop transformative tools for thought?]]
- by [[andy mathuschak]] and [[michael nielsen]]
- #go https://numinous.productions/ttft
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[[references]]
- [[alan kay]] #1989
- [[douglas engelbart]] #1962
- [[vannevar bush]]
- [[seymour papert]]
- [[ivan sutherland]]
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on the term [[tools for thought]]
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[[kenneth iverson]] introduced the term [[tools for thought]] in [[notation as a tool of thought]] regarding [[APL]]
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but (this is me):
- … except he didn't maybe? :) he uses [[tool of thought]] instead, consistently.
- The syntagm "for thought" doesn't appear even once in the paper.
- "of thought" seems to give thought agency in a way that is interesting? instead of sounding like the product of the tool.
- They prefer [[medium for thought]] sometimes though, like to keep their options open. Makes sense.
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but (this is me):
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[[kenneth iverson]] introduced the term [[tools for thought]] in [[notation as a tool of thought]] regarding [[APL]]
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[[memory systems]]
- [[mnemonic medium]]
- example: [[quantum country]]
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pushed from garden/flancian/journal/2022-08-26.md by @flancian
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#push [[how can we develop transformative tools for thought]]?
- [[andy matuschak]] and [[michael nielsen]]
📖 stoas
- public document at doc.anagora.org/how-can-we-develop-transformative-tools-for-thought
- video call at meet.jit.si/how-can-we-develop-transformative-tools-for-thought