Notes from: Mirror Worlds

How to build topsight?

• Space organization structures (map)
• Time-organizing structures (script)

Pointer from: Steven Johnson on a a16z podcast

BOOK EXCERPTS:

Topsight

• “Topsight is what comes from a far overhead vantage point, from a birds eye view that reveals the whole— the big picture; how the parts fit together.”
• How to build topsight? space-organizing structures (map), time-organizing structures (script
• “Never lose sight of where each detail fits”
• Components: deep picture, live picture, history, experience
• Recursive simplicity: need only master a few

Ensembles & Uncoupling

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