Wittgenstein’s Ladder

Wittgenstein’s “ladder” is a metaphor for a temporary way of talking or thinking that helps you reach insight, even though, strictly speaking, it isn’t ultimately the right or meaningful way to state what you’ve come to see. You “climb” it to get oriented, then “throw it away” once it has done its job, because taking it as literal truth becomes misleading.

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Brett Hall on Goals
Controlling structure undermines intrinsic motivation; enabling structure supports it