When I stumbled upon an early draft of what I titled “Hierarchy of Ideas” I realized this was perfect Obscure Curiosities material. In just a few paragraphs, I had the bones of a schema that can sit alongside my CRAP framework as a kind of “compass” for orienting ideas. So, I decided to sketch this…
Here’s a wild thought: most of the things rattling around in our heads aren’t real. By “real,” I mean you can’t physically poke at them. It’s all just synapses firing off inside our skulls, telling us stories about things we think exist. Still, real or imagined, we love to give those intangible ideas a physical…