Why We Must Wash Our Old Ideas

They gather as much dust as everything else around us — mind hygiene is essential.

a person looks into a washing machine tub while it tumbles blurbs of thoughts and ideas, digital art — by DALL·E

I remember this washing-up liquid TV ad from my childhood in which one flatmate shouted to another from the kitchen, ‘Hey! Check this out: the saucepan wasn’t black after all!’ Recently, I was ready to bin my laptop case when I was advised to try washing it first…