Beyond Search
Last updated 1 year ago
#5: Tone
Search for "I like"
, "I want"
,
"I think"
, etc. to filter results into first-person point
of view / tone. Alternatively do the same for we
or
you
though this might less reliably bring good results (a
company might refer to itself as we
)
#4: Metaphors
"X is like" "metaphor"
… the metaphor of X
"to think of X as a" OR "to think of X as an"
#3: Essence of
the essence of X
= downwards exploration
X is the essence of
= upwards exploration
alternatives: the true essence of X
,
the real essence of X
, X is in essence
,
in essence, X is
, X is essentially
…
#2: Omitting common words
You can omit words in google search with a simple subtraction
operator (-WORD
), recently I realized this is possible even
with common words like -and -to -the
. The results here are…
interesting. Mostly sites without descriptions, sometimes some
interesting gems.
#1: Combining Terms
To find people in a similar thoughtspace, I take note of interesting
n-grams or terms that particularly resonate with me. For example
“failure machines” or “intimacy gradient.” I will take terms like this
and combine them with quotation marks in a google search. Sometimes I
will search two very specific terms, other times I will have the second
term be a way of filtering down the type of results I’m interested in.
For example, "intimacy gradient" "online space"
or
"failure machines" "education system"