I’ve spent a lot of time over the years desperately trying to think of a “thing” to change the world. I now know why the search was fruitless — things don’t change the world. People change the world by using things. The focus must be on the “using”, not the “thing”. Now that I’m looking through the right end of the binoculars, I can see a lot more clearly, and there are projects and possibilities that genuinely interest me deeply.
Bret Victor
This is why you should be focused on designing Mediums for Thought Not Tools for thought + gives credence to the ideas from How can we make memory systems widespread.