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You’ll notice in all this, our focus is not so much on the tools and technologies, as much as the human at the center of things. For example, we could talk about interaction in terms of interface controls—sliders and checkboxes and such, but these things change. What hasn’t changed in thousands of years are the fundamental ways in which humans interact with information. Sorting, chunking, annotating, and so on, these are not new concepts. Whether it’s saving an Instagram photo with a heart, or leaving a mark on a cave wall, the fundamental interaction pattern—annotation—is the same.

Accordingly, this is not a “how to” book, but rather a “how to think about it” book. Bridging theory from cognitive sciences with plenty of practical examples, you’ll learn how to think about the ways humans can play with and explore difficult concepts. This will apply both in the here and now and into the future. While technologies and modalities change, the humans at the center change very slowly, over millennia not milliseconds. By knowing how we—as human creatures—get a sense of information, you’ll be prepared for most problems of understanding.