How I think
I’m a systems thinker who learns by doing and connecting. I don’t think in straight lines — I think in webs.
Some things I know about my own process:
- I need to write to think. The act of writing creates the thought, not the other way around.
- I follow curiosity aggressively. If something pulls my attention, I go. The gold lives in the rabbit holes.
- I learn by finding the pattern underneath — the first principles before the framework.
- I trust diffuse thinking. Some of my best insights come after I’ve stopped trying.
The modes I move through
I’ve mapped out seven cognitive modes I operate in — from exploring and diverging, to making and shipping, to synthesising and teaching. The challenge is knowing which mode a given moment calls for.
→ See Cognitive Cartographer for the full framework.
What I find genuinely interesting
Memory systems and the Aboriginal knowledge tradition · AI as a thinking partner · How cities shape thought · The relationship between food and attention
This note is in progress. It’ll get richer as I think more about it.