Steven van Gemert on nothing:
The problem is that the world is chaotic. You cannot organize everything. Therefore, before you begin working, create a small space of the purest order there is: nothing. This is commonly called a “work surface.”
You use a work surface to temporarily place things while you’re working on them. If something is on your work surface, it needs action. When the work is done, you put items in storage, like a closet or folder.
Managing noisy AI outputs is much easier when you bring small chunks, like sections of an outline, onto a work surface.