Key Ideas
- Gardens vs. streams → Unlike social feeds (linear, ephemeral), gardens are nonlinear, persistent, and designed for revisiting and growth.
- Work in public, not in polish → Ideas are shared early and evolve over time instead of being published as finalized artifacts.
- Evergreen notes → Writing is continuously updated, expanded, and interconnected rather than fixed at publication.
- Personal knowledge as a network → Links between notes matter as much as the notes themselves, forming a web of thought.
- Roots in early web + tools for thought → Draws from blogs, wikis, and thinkers like Vannevar Bush and Ted Nelson to frame a lineage of associative knowledge systems.
Why It Matters
- It provides a clear philosophical foundation for building JPL as a living system of thought rather than a static publication platform.
- It reinforces your instinct toward iteration, linkage, and accumulation over time—core to your Notebook, Library, and Spec Craft ideas.
- It offers a model for resisting algorithmic publishing in favor of owned, evolving, interconnected knowledge spaces.
