Abstraction: what this star will be

Abstraction is a star on the Constellate sky: placed by meaning, named, and connected to the stars around it. This is the short form of its post: the line it carries, the area we colour Computing, and what stands beside it today.

The line it carries on the sky: Hiding detail to wield ideas at a higher level.

What stands beside it

The stars nearest to it are Attention, Embeddings, The Ladder of Abstraction and Legibility, and Attention and Embeddings are already open to walk. When Abstraction opens, the conversation will land it among them, with a line drawn to each idea it touches.

Ask for this star

Every star is lit by demand. Ask for Abstraction and it moves up the list; when it opens, this post becomes the full essay. The open stars beside it can be walked today, and the first concept of every course is free.