I wanted to bring up a mode of cognition related to the undirected time inspired by Kaj Sotala’s multiagent models of mind, which I think of as directed undirected time. It’s basically defining a vague area, such as how to bridge natural abstractions to interpretability, where I allow my thoughts to roam free. If I get a thought such as, “Ah man, I should have been nicer in that situation yesterday”, then I don’t engage with it. It’s related to “problem-solving meditations” and something very beneficial to me, especially in the context of a walk. For you who like visualisations, you can imagine it as defining an area where thoughts are allowed to bounce around.
(A caveat is that I have meditated quite a bit, so I have a pretty good introspective awareness which might be required for directed undirected exploration, I’m pretty sure it helps at least.)
I wanted to bring up a mode of cognition related to the undirected time inspired by Kaj Sotala’s multiagent models of mind, which I think of as directed undirected time. It’s basically defining a vague area, such as how to bridge natural abstractions to interpretability, where I allow my thoughts to roam free. If I get a thought such as, “Ah man, I should have been nicer in that situation yesterday”, then I don’t engage with it. It’s related to “problem-solving meditations” and something very beneficial to me, especially in the context of a walk.
For you who like visualisations, you can imagine it as defining an area where thoughts are allowed to bounce around.
(A caveat is that I have meditated quite a bit, so I have a pretty good introspective awareness which might be required for directed undirected exploration, I’m pretty sure it helps at least.)