*“Neurons that fire together wire together” — Hebb’s Rule
Map of Contents (MoCs)
Each link, if made deliberately, is adding value to the note. It’s adding allusions, perspective, counter-/supporting arguments.
Cobwebs into cables
- Turning cobwebs into cables is a metaphor for strengthening neural connections through getting reps.
- A phenomenon whereby information is better remembered if it is generated from one’s own mind rather than simply read.
Idea Emergence
- It is…
- the process of how the ideas you encounter go from “nothingness” to “somethingness.”
- the phenomenon of new qualities forming beyond the core properties or parts when they work together.
- Example
- Water is made up of Hydrogen and Oxygen parts, but neither of these components have the quality of wetness. Wetness emerges only when the two parts interact as a whole.
- The ability to recognize Emergence is a cornerstone of systems thinking, but the ability to design Emergence is a superpower
Sensemaking happens by triangulation
- Triangulation is using two known points to find a third unknown point. It’s the ultimate sensemaking mechanism, to both the known and unknown.
- The 3 Powers of Triangulation
- You can use what you know to make sense of stuff.
- Use two known points, to better understand a third point.
- Use two known points, to better understand a third point.
- You can use what you know to remember old stuff.
- Use two known points, to remember a forgotten third point.
- Use two known points, to remember a forgotten third point.
- You can use what you know to create new stuff.
- Use two known points to imagine a third point.
- Use two known points to imagine a third point.
- You can use what you know to make sense of stuff.
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