The Longform Loop, in plain English

In the previous page I explained the Snippet Loop “verticals” structure for managing your info flow. Now this “verticals” structure has one fatal flaw: Everything passes through BrainStormWFO. That means that everything gets chopped up and blended. This is fine as long as we are dealing with a couple of lines or paragraphs. But when we write longform documents, there’s a …

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How To Brainstorm Effortlessly with BrainStormWFO

A brainstorming session has three phases – “capture,” “resistance,” and “organization.” In the “capture” phase, you choose a topic and write down everything you can think of. Ideas will flow faster than your fingers can type. This will probably last for several minutes. In phase two, you begin to slow down. You may get stuck …

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Execution loop demo (with video)

[Video] Here’s a video with transcript (including pdf  download) that covers 90% of the day-to-day Cyborganize use. It’s 17 minutes long and covers the entire execution loop, from scratch files to BrainStormWFO actionables model and back to the scratch file again. You can read the full text below or in the pdf, but for best results watch the video. Video …

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Bringing humanity closer to the Singularity

I believe Cyborganize will transform the world. It holds the potential to liberate man from the chains of sullen stupidity that have bound him to mammalian herd dynamics for millenia. However, I also expect adoption to be very slow. In my opinion, Cyborganize is the first step towards genuine Intelligence Augmentation. When mind-machine interfaces are developed, …

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How each Loop drives Identity Convergence

Cyborganize has the power to transform your life over time. To achieve this effect, you must be using all three loops – Execution, Snippet and Longform. The Execution Loop reveals your unconscious priorities, and continuously executes the most important tasks. The Snippet Loop builds a complete map of your reality. The Longform Loop coalesces your …

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The secret reason we procrastinate

In this blog post, Cal Newport talks about the reasons for severe “laziness”, or total demotivation, which he calls “deep procrastination.” He finds this happens to many college students. Cal lists the following reasons for procrastination: 1. Fear (of both success and failure). 2. Perfectionism. 3. We think our work is of low quality. But the biggest, …

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