“Things are not a fixed size in mind-space” by KatjaGrace

Another useful-to-notice practical aspect of having a mind that took me a while to notice: things naturally seem a certain ‘size’ in my mental landscape, but I can change that size. For instance, if I have a meeting this afternoon, it looms there in a certain way in mental space. Whereas if I will get a drink later this afternoon, it doesn’t really take up any mental space and does not loom. You can kind of intentionally cause the meeting to seem like the drink, adjusting how much ‘space’ it is taking up. (It's more obvious that other things can cause this change, for instance, if a much more important meeting shows up some other time this afternoon. But I think you can also do it intentionally.) I wonder if this makes sense in others’ minds. --- First published: June 24th, 2026 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/PbpHBBxqTBRADtmbe/things-are-not-a-fixed-size-in-mind-space --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.