Trace | Note Treat answers as tools
An open attentional approach to questions is akin to an unhurried curiosity. It means not rushing to find the answer to an interesting question; counteracting the default mode where People are extremely ready to generate beliefs about the world.
Answers (perhaps hypotheses is a better word) are still important, but they are more like tools. They allow you to Take a stand so you have a concrete line of thought to follow and test, but it is a mistake to treat them as rigid final products.
Leaving the original question unsettled and making sure you Build systems to revisit ideas allows the question to continue to be generative over time.
In the history of computation, the question of “how can machines augment human memory?” has been wildly generative
- Examples from augment long term memory essay
This has a similar flavor to Ambitious goals are useful as they illuminate a path that maximizes learning and enjoyment, not as ends in themselves
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