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The presence of an affordance is jointly determined by the qualities of the object and the abilities of the agent that is interacting.
This relational definition of affordance gives considerable difficulty to many people. We are used to thinking that properties are associated with objects. But affordance is not a property. An affordance is a relationship. Whether an affordance exists depends upon the properties of both the object and the agent.
The Design of Everyday Things
Don Norman
I used it to justify my thinking and redirect myself—and I think that’s an important line to draw, because of all the stories about AI writing legal briefs, or being used to justify weird tariffs. It’s a great generator of stimulus, which you can then interpret and act upon. I didn’t feel like I was giving it any agency over my life; I used it to distract myself—and take more agency over my own life.
Using AI to Redirect Yourself—and Save Money!
Paul Ford
In your head, ideas expand until they max out “working memory” – and it’s only by externalising them in the written word that you have capacity to iterate them.
The Surprising Effectiveness of Writing and Rewriting
interconnected.org
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