Insight through making

Mental states of deep software development and deep research thinking are mutually exclusive

Novel user interface ideas are public goods

Tool-makers usually lack connection to a serious context of use

Groups researching tools for thought need enough capacity to build prototypes suitable for serious work

Focus on power over scale for transformative system design

To what extent can quadratic funding provision tools for thought?

Ladder

I don’t know how to effectively deploy large amounts of capital against tools for thought

To what extent can patronage fund the creation of tools for thought?

Tools for thought collaboration seems to prefer either part-time contractor help, or deep full-time partners, with a big chasm between

Great creative work is usually the product of a single person

Tools for thought should be evaluated in the context of intrinsically meaningful purposes

Jess Martin

Gordon Brander

Tech industry culture rarely produces transformative tools for thought

New tools for thought can sometimes be created by repurposing existing tools and platforms

Freitas, J., Teixeira, A., Dias, M. S., & Silva, S. (2017). An Introduction to Silent Speech Interfaces. Springer International Publishing

The unknowability of Ladder Media’s long-term plans

Human Computer Fund

Media project

Tools for thought are individual-centric

Linus Lee

Marr’s levels of analysis

# Tools for thought

Term originated in [[zPFGhgNNtk6xv6qVdRJ1FVs:::Iverson, K. E. (1980). Notation as a tool of thought. Communications of the ACM, 23(8), 444–465]]

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    *   [[zEKbJBpotnfKePTyXxdYnNn:::To what extent can quadratic funding provision tools for thought?]]
    *   [[z67aAVem1TJCMcAMNkCypbA:::To what extent can patronage fund the creation of tools for thought?]]
    *   [[zEnsGdNuLsFmamHqj4oeKiN:::I don’t know how to effectively deploy large amounts of capital against tools for thought]]
    *   [[z52syqHVfZQMrkrqhGRCWEx:::My work has no model for turning marginal capital into marginal insight]]






Tools for thought