I think this ties in a lot to Matuschak’s idea that it would be good to have an “authored time dimension” to books, sort of like how meditation apps spread out the experience of learning about mindfullness over several month. This makes learning about meditation from apps much more salient than reading about it from a book that you finish in the space of a few days. I find the idea that books should have an authored time dimension intriguing, and I think Matuschak’s thoughts on the topic indicates that you overstate the case that he does not understand the importance of letting ideas “take up an appreciable amount of room on our cognitive real estate”.
I think this ties in a lot to Matuschak’s idea that it would be good to have an “authored time dimension” to books, sort of like how meditation apps spread out the experience of learning about mindfullness over several month. This makes learning about meditation from apps much more salient than reading about it from a book that you finish in the space of a few days. I find the idea that books should have an authored time dimension intriguing, and I think Matuschak’s thoughts on the topic indicates that you overstate the case that he does not understand the importance of letting ideas “take up an appreciable amount of room on our cognitive real estate”.