Ethan

What to do with your ideas Developing an ideas system

“A grown man rediscovers his imaginary friend from childhood, a huge rabbit, who accompanies him.” - just in case you were wondering what film ideas Disney were coming up with in the early 90s.

My latest article for Turtles is about how we can create a system for our ideas:

What is the shape of an idea? Becoming an ideas designer

"For us to construct ideas in their image, we must create information which is both content and structure, column and row, and have their value as these be defined by the relationships between them."

My new article, on the shape of ideas:

To imagine different technology, we must imagine a different world The human spirit will outlast your sales pipeline

The direction of technology has an air of inevitability to it, whether it’s AGI or trips to Mars, but we haven’t all necessarily signed up for the programme.

I wrote some thoughts on how we could create very different technologies, and the road to get there:

Break out of your box You are unique, irreducible

If you ever struggle to answer the question 'what do you do?' this one's for you:

This is my favourite article yet for Turtles, have a read if you want to explore a bit about how the digital world shapes our identity, and how we might re-shape both.

turtlesdown.substack.com/p/break-out-...

Ethan's Turtles | Ethan Corcoran | Substack Ideas for a radically different digital space. Click to read Ethan's Turtles, by Ethan Corcoran, a Substack publication. Launched 4 years ago.

If the only goal of digital platforms is to increase efficiency and reduce process, is it any surprise there so few digital spaces truly dedicated to creative process?

My latest article, on why I built an inefficient platform:

turtlesdown.substack.com/p/why-i-buil...

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