2025-06-20
your train of thought is not a train, not a tool, not technology. it's a process, and not one that can be quickened. a brain wanders in strange loops and is best when left to simmer. there's no path it's on where a bicycle could be useful. the best you can do is give it a swirl and watch it go.
the screen is not a bicycle for the mind. a screen isn't great at transforming human thought, even if it's good at increasing the quantity and speed of output. They're great tools, but they don't enhance your mind. A good mind-augmenting technology is one that helps us think better thoughts than we can without it.
the point of a mind isn't to get stuff done. that's what the hands and legs and hammers and computers are for. a bicycle won't help you dance, and a screen won't help you think.