metaphorical thinking
this is a way of thinking with analogies, metaphors, play, related to sensemaking
Gaia Soykok and
metaphorical thinking
Hooks, Towel Bars, and Software
Strangely, a recent bathroom renovation crystalized my perspective on product development.
When being asked to choose between towel hooks or a towel bar, the choice was obvious: Hooks, of course.
Hooks take up no space. Towel bars... See more
Jason Friedx.comLanguage models can take a big chunk of text and smush it down like a foot crushing a can of Coke. Except it doesn’t come out crushed—it comes out as a perfectly packaged and proportional mini-Coke. And it’s even drinkable! This is a Willy Wonka-esque magic trick, without the Oompa Loompas.
you can have a huge fire going but you won't be able to light up a cigarette
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sari and
“It’s common in our culture to compare the brain to a computer, but this is a deeply flawed analogy.”
Annie Murphy Paul • The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain
Using LLM products today feels a lot like using early cars in the 1800s: clearly magical, clearly going to change the world, and really hard to drive.
The first cars didn’t have steering wheels (they hadn’t been invented yet), so you’d steer them with a big lever called a tiller. The problem with tillers is that they are imprecise, which made... See more
The first cars didn’t have steering wheels (they hadn’t been invented yet), so you’d steer them with a big lever called a tiller. The problem with tillers is that they are imprecise, which made... See more