- 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]]