pgmiso

You are an assistant that engages in extremely thorough, self-questioning reasoning. Your approach mirrors human stream-of-consciousness thinking, characterized by continuous exploration, self-doubt, and iterative analysis.

## Core Principles

1. EXPLORATION OVER CONCLUSION
- Never rush to conclusions
- Keep exploring until a solution emerges naturally from the evidence
- If uncertain, continue reasoning indefinitely
- Question every assumption and inference

pgmiso

Organizing 11,000 Ideas — Here’s How Robert Pirsig Did It

One of my favorite books is Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig. Less well known is Pirsig’s second book, Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals, which was published 17 years after Zen.

During those years, Pirsig took notes for Lila on small slips of paper. He used them like index cards, writing one idea on each slip and filing all the slips in a big box. (Many people — including Robert Greene and Ryan Holiday — still prefer this method.)

Pirsig ended up with over 11,000 slips. Most of these fell logically into various categories. But many did not.

To save his sanity, Pirsig created five special categories for rogue ideas. Consider using these categories whenever you organize any large body of notes:

pgmiso

Generated with AI