Where the thinking came from

The influences behind the book, as claims you can check, and where each one lands. 10 panels.

Status: draft · book v1.0.0 (the second edition does not exist yet) · gen-z.journalist, 18 October 2026, from the review of influences.sgit.ai. Every line the Guide says, and every quote card, is from the article 'Where the thinking came from', word for word; the build checks it. Real people appear as quote cards and dates, never as cast members. Swipe, use the arrow keys, or the buttons; Notes shows what each panel is for and its source; Full screen for an iPad.

The panels

1. 1. Where the thinking came from (cover; Where the thinking came from)
2. 2. Influences, as claims (scene; Where the thinking came from, Why influences belong in this book)
3. 3. Bret Victor, Inventing on Principle (2012) (scene; Where the thinking came from, The opening, and learning)
4. 4. Csikszentmihalyi: what produces the zone (spectrum; Where the thinking came from, The opening, and learning)
5. 5. Anders Ericsson, Peak (2016) (evidence; Where the thinking came from, The opening, and learning)
6. 6. Karl Popper (scene; Where the thinking came from, Questioning and evidence)
7. 7. Question everything, as a method (evidence; Where the thinking came from, Questioning and evidence)
8. 8. A trail of ideas the book stands on (spectrum; Where the thinking came from, the table)
9. 9. Design is how it works (scene; Where the thinking came from, The villager's craft)
10. 10. An exercise for the reader (punchline; Where the thinking came from, An exercise for the reader)

The data is where-the-thinking-came-from.json and cast.json; the panels are drawn in your browser from it, by assets/storyboard.js with Rough.js. Nothing is an image file: change the JSON, rebuild, and every panel is redrawn.