Rethinking Search: Making Domain Experts out of Dilettantes

I think the biggest mistake around improving the system is that most people are spending too much time on the actual synthesis without actually understanding whether or not the data is being retrieved correctly. To avoid this:

• Create synthetic questions for each text chunk in your database


• Use these questions to test your retrieval system


• Calculate p

... See more

What you start to see is collaborative knowledge work that isn’t passive. You want to write code that you can put into production. You want to have ideas that drive towards action. Block referencing something from someone else’s graph is a pull request into each other’s minds.

One functional problem with organizing the world’s information is the ing... See more

Packy McCormick: We live in a world where expertise can be justly claimed by anyone who can continue to prove it. Synthesis and storytelling are the keys to navigating that world. In a world with so much information available and fewer unquestioned experts, the ability to let large amounts of information wash over you, figure out where to dive deep... See more