Ashley Sun

on the atlas — 1

• Reality has a surprising amount of detail49 savers

highlights — 3

• If you’re a programmer, you might think that the fiddliness of programming is a special feature of programming, but really it’s that everything is fiddly, but you only notice the fiddliness when you’re new, and in programming you do new things more often.

  Reality has a surprising amount of detail

• Before you’ve noticed important details they are, of course, basically invisible. It’s hard to put your attention on them because you don’t even know what you’re looking for. But after you see them they quickly become so integrated into your intuitive models of the world that they become essentially transparent. Do you remember the insights that were crucial in learning to ride a bike or drive? How about the details and insights you have that led you to be good at the things you’re good at?

  Reality has a surprising amount of detail

• Surprising detail is a near universal property of getting up close and personal with reality.

  Reality has a surprising amount of detail