Mind · Reasoning
Spiralback
Return to an earlier idea naming what is new since the last visit, or record the return as a repetition
Definition
Mechanism
When an earlier idea is revisited, the return names the tool, knowledge or question that is new since the previous visit and what it changes in the reading. A return that names nothing new is recorded as a repetition, the counterpart for ideas of a Loop iteration that leaves its state unchanged.
Invariants
- Each return names what is new since the previous visit, or states that nothing is new.
- A return that names nothing new is recorded as a repetition.
Risks
Failure modes
Echo loop
an idea is revisited again and again with nothing new.
Setting mistaken for insight
the same reading is presented as new because the setting changed.
Relationships
Builds on
References
Infrastructure
Repeated execution cycle
Nothing in this library builds on this pattern yet.
Reference