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Most file systems
are built around where things are stored.
Folder → File → Subfolder → File
In that model,
what matters most is which folder a file is in.

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Pensiv is different

Pensiv is not storage-centric. The basic units in Pensiv are:
  • File → smallest unit of thought
  • Folder → a way to group files (a view)
  • Connection → relationship between files
What actually builds structure
is not the folder but connections.

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Folders = location. Connections = structure

Folders help you organize files.
They don’t define what a file means. A file’s meaning comes less from
where it lives
and more from what it’s connected to. For example:
  • A document linked to a character sheet → character-focused document
  • The same document linked to a plotboard card → structural unit
  • Linked to a note → point where thinking extends
The same file
plays different roles depending on its connections.

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How structure is formed

In Pensiv, structure forms like this: Create files
→ Connect files to other files
→ Connections form a network
→ That network is the project structure Folders help you tidy.
Relationships build structure.

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The main question

In Pensiv the more important question
is not “where did I save it?” but
What is it connected to?
Once you think that way,
you stop worrying so much about folders. Pensiv is not a storage tool;
it’s a connection-based system.

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In one line

Folders create location.
Files hold thoughts.
Connections create structure. Pensiv’s real structure
is built on connections,
not on the folders you see.