Attention is a place

The most useful things I make are not born from urgency. They come from staying with one question long enough for its edges to become visible.

A good tool does not ask for more attention. It gives some back.

This is why I keep a library: not to own more links, but to create a small neighbourhood of ideas I can revisit.

See quiet tools · quote-01 ↗ for the note that began this thread.

A slower index

• Capture without deciding too much.
• Add a sentence about why it matters.
• Return when another piece of work asks for it.