Topic: Asking questions in order to find better questions

This week, Dan and Merlin pick up their discussion of asking better questions and how sometimes the point of asking a question isn't to get an answer, but to get another, even better question.

How do you do this? Blundell Chains, hypotheses, the clackity noise, and iteration.

Links for this episode:

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• 5by5 | Back to Work #42: Coconut Headphones
  
• Adam Lisagor – interview by Merlin Mann
  
• Visual Customization | Squarespace Help & Support
  
• Advanced Customization | Squarespace Help & Support
  
• Roderick on the Line - Merlin's new podcast Dan won't listen to.
  
• kung fu grippe - Check out TextExpander’s new “Fill” functionality....
  
• Amazon.com: The Essential Don Murray: Lessons from America's Greatest Writing Teacher (9780867096002): Donald M. Murray, Thomas Newkirk, Lisa C. Miller: Books
  
• Amazon.com: A Writer's Coach: The Complete Guide to Writing Strategies That Work (9781400078691): Jack R. Hart: Books
  
• Amazon.com: Spot Bakes a Cake (9780399227011): Eric Hill: Books
  
• kung fu grippe - I got the “Spot” cake No words.
  
• The Man Who Sold the World (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Hüsker Dü - "New Day Rising"
  
• kung fu grippe - Return of Humanity Horse Still brutal. ...
  
• JYI.org :: The Psychology of Time
  
• More of Jack Hart’s practical writing tips for authors, from A Writer’s Coach: The Complete Guide to Writing Strategies That Work
  
• Getting Into the Writing Game, With Words of Advice From a Coach | Special English | Learning English
  
• kung fu grippe - Appreciating Donald Murray
  
• kung fu grippe - Making the Clackity Noise
  
• kung fu grippe - Questions, questions 43 Folders - “Makebelieve...
  
• Video: Merlin's Time & Attention Talk (Improvised Rutgers Edition) | 43 Folders
  
• Examples - Squarespace
  
• kung fu grippe - Sample Blundell Chain Super-useful. (Featured...
  

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