• two modes - either create, or review
  • curious if this can be related in any way to modes in software
• John Cage talked about this in his rules for creativity
• Brian Eno also notes about this in his oblique strategies
• related to:
  • Thinking with Zettelkasten
  • Great Thoughts - shouldn't be filtered up front
  • Time and Experimentation - scheduling time for creating vs curating
  • Edit-Commit in programming, where editing is like creating, and committing is like curating

When writing, pay attention to the idea flow, what you want the words to mean. Don't pay attention to what the words actually mean. When proofreading, pay attention to what the words are saying, and not what you think they mean.

— https://www.greaterwrong.com/posts/T382CLwAjsy3fmecf/how-to-take-smart-notes-ahrens-2017

• from How to Take Smart Notes