Insights require both accumulation and synthesis.

With just accumulation, you get an increasingly overwhelming compost heap.

That's one of the reasons I religiously take the time to do a synthesis pass with the Bits and Bobs each week.

I want to take the proto insights, the snippets of ideas, and synthesize them into a more stable and coherent form that will stand the test of time.

The process of synthesis is the more important part; the fact I get a fossilized insight out the other end I can share with others is just a bonus; the exhaust fumes.