Lean Logic
…at: it has an unorthodox structure very much like a [[Personal knowledge base|personal wiki]], most evident in the online version: https://leanlogic…
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Andy Hunt in Pragmatic Thinking and Learning describes a wonderful pattern I’ve noticed while keeping a personal wiki:
With a [personal] wiki, you may have a random idea and write it down on your home page because you don’t know what else to do with it. Some time later, you have a second idea that goes with it, and now you can move the two thoughts off together on their own new page. Now suddenly more things will come up that belong on that page—you have a place to put it, and your mind will happily oblige.
Once you have a place to put some type of thought, you’ll get more thoughts of that type. Whether it’s a wiki or a paper journal, note cards, or shoe boxes, having a place for ideas in a specific topic area or project is a major benefit of an exocortical system.
“exocortical system”—what a charming way to describe a personal knowledge base!
a.k.a. the generation effect
Joan Westenberg on how not to use a personal knowledge base: “Instead of accelerating my thinking, it began to replace it. Instead of aiding memory, it froze my curiosity into static categories.” Notably Joan hasn’t ditched the idea of a personal knowledge base, only rethought her approach:
I don’t want to manage knowledge. I want to live it.
I still love Obsidian. And I’m planning on using it again. From scratch. And with a deeper level of curation and care - not as a second brain, but as a workspace for the one I already have.
…at: it has an unorthodox structure very much like a [[Personal knowledge base|personal wiki]], most evident in the online version: https://leanlogic…
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