LEO GURA - PATENT WRITING Questions:

[Pineal]

Structuring the Transition from Metaphysical Insight to Technical Axioms (Patent Writing):

Leo, I’m working on a patent based on a 2014 vision that came during deep contemplation (similar to Tesla’s visualization process). I’m using meta-rationality to define the system boundaries.

 

My question is about your writing process: When you move from a high-level holistic insight to a linear 3-hour video, what is your specific mechanism for structuring the arguments? Do you use a Zettelkasten/Commonplace book to hold the 'atomic' ideas before synthesizing them? I’m trying to ensure my technical claims don't lose the 'consciousness' aspect of the original insight.

 

How do u structure your day. You code video games, make tons of 3hr+ videos, run a website and a forum. Tons of systems and meta systems...?

@leogura 

[Leo Gura]

10 hours ago, Pineal said:

what is your specific mechanism for structuring the arguments?

I spend a lot of time explaining reality to myself. So by the time I have explained it to myself, explaining it to you guys is trivial.

I write a lot of bulleted lists and outlines of the key points for any question.

Whatever topic we are talking about or trying to answer, there is always a key question that is motivating it. For example, a question might be: What are all the limits of science? So I will focus on a core question like that, and then my mind will generate answers and I will write down a bulleted list. I don't write in long paragraphs, I write down the key insights. A key insight does not require a paragraph but a sentence. So I end up with long lists of key insights to any question. And then I spend a lot of time polishing and organizing the bullet points in the list, to create a good logical order to the points, because some points build on top of others and require coming first, and other points require coming last.

I also get lots of random insights throughout the day which don't pertain to any specific topic or question. I always write those down in a miscellaneous notes document. So I have thousands of pages of misc insights which I can always look over for inspiration or as the need occurs.

Organizing the insights into a logical sequence is the most time-consuming and laborious part of my work. Insights never come organized, you have to do the work to organize them.

My days are unstructured.

Edited 13 hours ago by Leo Gura

[ZenSwift]

Thankyou for sharing this Leo. 

[Leo Gura]

@ZenSwift Sure

[Pineal]

10 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

I spend a lot of time explaining reality to myself. So by the time I have explained it to myself, explaining it to you guys is trivial.

I write a lot of bulleted lists and outlines of the key points for any question.

Whatever topic we are talking about or trying to answer, there is always a key question that is motivating it. For example, a question might be: What are all the limits of science? So I will focus on a core question like that, and then my mind will generate answers and I will write down a bulleted list. I don't write in long paragraphs, I write down the key insights. A key insight does not require a paragraph but a sentence. So I end up with long lists of key insights to any question. And then I spend a lot of time polishing and organizing the bullet points in the list, to create a good logical order to the points, because some points build on top of others and require coming first, and other points require coming last.

I also get lots of random insights throughout the day which don't pertain to any specific topic or question. I always write those down in a miscellaneous notes document. So I have thousands of pages of misc insights which I can always look over for inspiration or as the need occurs.

Organizing the insights into a logical sequence is the most time-consuming and laborious part of my work. Insights never come organized, you have to do the work to organize them.

My days are unstructured.

Yes! Thank you for this.🙏

[Uddi]

10 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

I spend a lot of time explaining reality to myself. So by the time I have explained it to myself, explaining it to you guys is trivial.

I write a lot of bulleted lists and outlines of the key points for any question.

Whatever topic we are talking about or trying to answer, there is always a key question that is motivating it. For example, a question might be: What are all the limits of science? So I will focus on a core question like that, and then my mind will generate answers and I will write down a bulleted list. I don't write in long paragraphs, I write down the key insights. A key insight does not require a paragraph but a sentence. So I end up with long lists of key insights to any question. And then I spend a lot of time polishing and organizing the bullet points in the list, to create a good logical order to the points, because some points build on top of others and require coming first, and other points require coming last.

I also get lots of random insights throughout the day which don't pertain to any specific topic or question. I always write those down in a miscellaneous notes document. So I have thousands of pages of misc insights which I can always look over for inspiration or as the need occurs.

Organizing the insights into a logical sequence is the most time-consuming and laborious part of my work. Insights never come organized, you have to do the work to organize them.

My days are unstructured.

Do you have an estimated time of when the book will be released? I can't wait to read it!

[Yimpa]

1 hour ago, Uddi said:

I can't wait to read it!

I can’t wait to set it on fire and make a music video about it!