Authenticity as dialogue
People who write extensively about note-writing rarely have a serious context of use
Many bloggers and “life-hackers” have made a full-time job of suggesting how to organize your journal or how to most effectively Write about what you read to internalize texts deeply. We should take this advice seriously insofar as those practices have helped the au... See more
Many bloggers and “life-hackers” have made a full-time job of suggesting how to organize your journal or how to most effectively Write about what you read to internalize texts deeply. We should take this advice seriously insofar as those practices have helped the au... See more
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A System for Writing: How an Unconventional Approach to Note-Making Can Help You Capture Ideas, Think Wildly, and Write Constantly - A Zettelkasten Primer
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Mill is trying to figure out what he believes is true, and what he can stand for, and how to live. But the way he does it is, at first glance, the opposite of feeling: he is constructing a system of thought, a philosophy. He is hunting down the contradictions in his intuitions and his thoughts; he insists on finding ways of thinking that allow him
... See moreA daily period of philosophical meditation does not so much dissolve problems as create an occasion during which the mind can order and understand itself. Fears, resentments and hopes become easier to name; we grow less scared of the contents of our own minds – and less resentful, calmer and clearer about our direction. We start, in faltering steps
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