/We have been swept into single-track timelines, where information collapses into an endless sequence of events. The conversational feed design of email inboxes, group chats, and InstaTwitBook is fleeting by nature—concerned with self-assertive, immediate thoughts that rush past us and quickly disappear. The constant flow of data, ordered in reverse chronology, surfaces only the zeitgeisty ideas of the last twenty-four hours. These systems are not built to accumulate knowledge, to connect disparate thoughts, or to allow ideas to mature over time.
