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    1. if i'm trying to open a package, i'll often use what i have to hand (keys?) rather than go find the proper tool
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    this isn't (just) laziness, but also about how we solve. we start from the end, from the salient tools, and work back towards the problem.
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      specifically, this is not logical thought, but intuitive understanding. also, it's more complex than this. but this is part of it.
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        anyway, all this is to say: this is a useful fact to bear in mind as you design tools & environments @taleoftales/706125968268783616
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          for more on this, I definitely recommend @GIFmodel's essay "Turing Complete User" contemporary-home-computing.org/turing-complete-user/
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          apparently my degree was useful and relevant to my life? guess that's not so weird