The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
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The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
242 followers · 3120 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

Sometimes you have to go down a few space-time portals (aka 'rabbit holes') to get there.

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The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
240 followers · 3062 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

With many a work of a celebrated man I would rather read what he has crossed out than what he has let stand. — G.C. Lichtenberg, Notebook F.131

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The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
240 followers · 3040 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

Are your stars not perfect? Good. You're getting there.

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The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
239 followers · 3003 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

The idea behind : bit by bit, you make it right-er and right-er. (p. 56)

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The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
231 followers · 2871 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

With many a work of a celebrated man I would rather read what he has crossed out than what he has let stand. — G.C. Lichtenberg, Notebook F.131

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The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
214 followers · 2705 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

Much of what you make is not going to be a final product. Rather, it’s an evolutionary dead end — paint over it, strike through it, use it for firewood. Then do it again. Right-er. (p. 58)

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The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
205 followers · 2600 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

Make it possible update/upgrade the project. (p. 71)

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The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
202 followers · 2572 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

The Lyles Theory of Process Development states that it takes three cycles to get any process right. In other words, you have to start and end a process at least twice before you can say you have a grip on it. (p. 58)

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The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
199 followers · 2547 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

"Closer and closer.
That's all you should worry about.
"

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The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
197 followers · 2536 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

If you keep following where the work leads, you will create a path to follow next time.

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The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
198 followers · 2516 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

The first iteration is not the finished product. (p. 71)

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The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
195 followers · 2449 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

Sometimes you have to go down a few space-time portals (aka 'rabbit holes') to get there.

#successiveapproximation #lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes

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The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
195 followers · 2443 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

If you keep following where the work leads, you will create a path to follow next time.

#successiveapproximation #ritual #lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes

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The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
189 followers · 2373 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

Make it possible update/upgrade the project. (p. 71)

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The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
187 followers · 2298 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

You'll never get a golden guinea pig without 1) crossbreeding with new ideas; and 2) breaking the rules.

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The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
182 followers · 2243 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

“Better as a T-Shirt Rule”: don’t commit to permanence when there’s still to be done. (p. 13)

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The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
174 followers · 2197 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

You'll never get a golden guinea pig without 1) crossbreeding with new ideas; and 2) breaking the rules.

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The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
174 followers · 2187 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

"Didn't get it right the first time?
Nudge it,
adjust it,
tinker with it —
or do it again,
betterer.
"

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The Lichtenbergian · @Lichtenbergian
173 followers · 2138 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

Are your stars not perfect? Good. You're getting there.

#abortiveattempts #successiveapproximation #postcardquotes

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