maybe depends on whether you are going after an average user
i made an analog tool for prompting potentially big impact new things: https://productivediscomfort.org/
or dumb luck combined with being in the right place at the right time
naturalwinei wish — i grew some stuff up in the auvergne but no space in marseille :-(
Food
navet boule d'or, green radish, gigantes, radish leaves, salted lemon, corn, cilantro clearing out the freezer for the start of the growing season
Food
thinking about putting down glued cork tiles — and rabbitholing on the array of protective finishes. the choice comes down to polyurethane (super robust but nearly impossible to repair if you manage to fuck it up), vs hardening oils+waxes (more damageable but simple to repair). this is a qn of /philosophy and /diy !
i use tincture and weird gummy cubes made by auvergnat beekeepers
justinahn100% — and recognising different types of not-knowing offers ways to take different paths to achieving different types of innovation. (a force-multiplier type thing) wrote about it here: https://vaughntan.org/innovation-and-not-knowing
lol no but i was rabbitholing on very rigid lightweight paneling
not-knowing is the beginning of ... something!
acknowledging the existence of different types of not-knowing is one of the common (sensu consistent across the different types) approaches that seem valuable. this is, as you say, a mindset shift — crucial not only for poets and readers: https://vaughntan.org/nkmindset
what do you think of empson's seven types of ambiguity?
i ❤️ ❤️ this this typology of flavours of generalisable subj meaningfulness resonates a lot with me rn (i've been working for a few years on a typological understanding of not-knowing)
i had an incredible encounter with a sea turtle and am now paying for it cosmically with the revelation of atrocious flooring and an associated DIY rabbithole. allow me to share my tale of woe: https://uncertaintymindset.substack.com/p/payback-time
i have taken up the floor and discovered underneath unglazed terracotta tile coated patchily with a mysterious goop.
Do It Yourselfone of the most appealing parts of the pit bull is the furrowed brow
yes that's it — which is why i think meaning is inherently subjective luck and skill are needed to make meaning intersubjective (convincing others to believe/consume based on the same meaning) meaning doesn't always go intersubjective immediately (think of artists whose greatness is discovered after they die, etc)
