- Think of it as [[Object oriented programming (OOP)]]
- Constraints can allow or restrict
- Part of accordion model of a cycle
- Selection, less choices
- Virtual governor
- Variation, more choices
- Virtual generator
- If you put these opposites together to systematically regulate a feedback cycle, it becomes a virtual engine
- Engine because not physical
- We have systems to filter meaning, but how do we develop it?
- Constraints aren't events, but conditions
- They make things possible
- Newtonian view is fixated on causation, causes -> events -> happen
- But there is another side, constraints -> conditions -> possible
![[The Creative Act#^tdc1cg]]
- Constraints promote creativity
- find ways to change constraints in content creation
## Types of constraints
- Task
- The actual objective and direction
- Environment
- Caused by external factors
- Individual
- Your [[Affordances]]
## Application
### Systems
- [[Externalize and offload as much as possible]] into systems better equipped for overcoming your personal constraints
- [[Systems]] like seen in [[PKM and ADHD]]
- This is where constraints in your system are important, similar to maybe how
- Why reminders are helpful for overcoming [[Time blindness]]
- But why is this the case?
## Examples
![[This approach to psychology changed my life (Ecological Psychology)#^m6nmlz]]