Tools for Thought - Page 2

When You Can’t Decide, Make a List

Here’s a hack that helps get your mind moving when it’s stuck on a problem. Start making a list. For some reason breaking a difficult or unclear situation into smaller pieces helps you work through the issue. Say you are thinking about having friends over for a barbecue. You have to do a lot of

Origins of the digital garden

Garden of Infinite Possibilities Jorge Luis Borges’ story the “Garden of Forking Paths” is set in an elaborate garden, but the real garden is a book that is structured in such a way as to allow infinite possibilities. The connection between the metaphor of a garden and an early form of hypertext is uncanny. It