My model of ideation: Ideas are constantly bubbling up from the subconscious to the conscious, and they get passed through some sort of filter that selects for the good parts of the noise. This is reminiscent of diffusion models, or of the model underlying Tuning your Cognitive Strategies.
When I (and many others I’ve talked to) get sleepy, the strength of this filter tends to go down, and more ideas come through. This is usually bad for highly directed thought, but good for coming up with lots of novel ideas, Hold Off On Proposing Solutions-esque.
New habit I’m trying to get into: Be creative before bed, write down a lot of ideas, so that the future-me who is more directed and agentic can have a bunch of interesting ideas to pore over and act on.
My model of ideation: Ideas are constantly bubbling up from the subconscious to the conscious, and they get passed through some sort of filter that selects for the good parts of the noise. This is reminiscent of diffusion models, or of the model underlying Tuning your Cognitive Strategies.
When I (and many others I’ve talked to) get sleepy, the strength of this filter tends to go down, and more ideas come through. This is usually bad for highly directed thought, but good for coming up with lots of novel ideas, Hold Off On Proposing Solutions-esque.
New habit I’m trying to get into: Be creative before bed, write down a lot of ideas, so that the future-me who is more directed and agentic can have a bunch of interesting ideas to pore over and act on.